Sentence examples for counter a force from inspiring English sources

Officials said more than 7,000 government troops had been mobilized to counter a force of about 700 rebels in the mountainous region.] Jerzy Wieclaw, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's office in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, said rebels had used antiaircraft guns and possibly helicopters.

They steamed for the Aleutian Islands to counter a Japanese force there but were recalled to Pearl Harbor two days later.

The external faces of pavement cells have thick cell walls that counter a strong turgor force and limit cell bulging out from the epidermal plane [ 15].

That night, she was among a force of five cruisers and two destroyers under Daniel J. Callaghan which steamed to counter an approaching Japanese force.

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - Militants attacked one of Iraq's largest air bases and seized control of several small oilfields on Wednesday as U.S. special forces troops and intelligence analysts arrived to help Iraqi security forces counter a mounting Sunni insurgency.

Reuters reporters witnessed Islamic State mortar fire in villages on the plain east of the city as the militants sought to counter a push by Kurdish forces.

He said the military had deployed in force to counter a second day of demonstrations, where protesters chanted Thursday, "Long live a free Libya".

Under it, the UN's General Assembly may "recommend" measures, including the use of force, to counter a threat to peace, if the Security Council is unable to act.

In chapter 8 of Part II, "Equality, Envy, Exploitation, Etc"., Nozick seeks to counter the force of a series of considerations that are invoked on behalf of a more extensive state.

As Georgian forces countered, a Russian armored column entered Georgian territory.

"At this stage, the drug cartels are using basic infantry weaponry to counter government forces," a U.S. government official in Mexico said.