Sentence examples for conventional army from inspiring English sources

An Israeli general called him the head of the Syrian "shadow army," meaning he dealt with issues unrelated to Syria's conventional Army, such as transferring Iranian weapons to Hezbollah.

"They are beginning to operate like a conventional army..

Cuba built roads, schools and a conventional army.

"THE conventional army loses if it does not win.

"They are beginning to operate like a conventional army.

Like the guerrillas they are, Taliban fighters often fade away when confronted by a conventional army.

Al-Shabaab avoids most direct confrontations with conventional armies.

Until they do, conventional armies, applying conventional wisdom, will continue to misapply their power and risk defeat at the hands of seemingly inferior enemies.

Precisely because America is so powerful against conventional armies, Mr Gates expects its enemies to rely on asymmetric warfare.

For more than three decades the main threat to Israel has been not from conventional armies but from guerrilla movements like Hamas and Hezbollah.

Some say that private firms should be barred from jobs more suited to conventional armies, and governments should impose sanctions at home for infractions abroad.