Sentence examples for despatch a from inspiring English sources

The Ministry of Defence said it had taken 22 minutes for the mother ship, HMS Cornwall, to despatch a helicopter after losing contact with its kidnapped personnel.

President Barack Obama's decision to despatch a force with a strong military component to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is to be welcomed.

Not only did they despatch a division rival, it was done in such a way that that Cleveland's days in the dog house of the NFL may soon be coming to an end.

Call centre staff have the autonomy to despatch a new product on the day that customer call up with a complaint and can send a bunch of flowers without seeking a supervisor's approval.

"BLF organiser Keith Flett said, There was a time when captains like Ray Illingworth would despatch a player back to the Pavilion if they ventured on to the field anything less than absolutely clean shaven.

Hague says the decision to despatch a military adviser was taken by the foreign secretary (Sir Geoffrey Howe) and the defence secretary (Michael Heseltine), in consultation with the prime minister (Margaret Thatcher).

As a result, Osborne will now have to despatch an employment minister, probably a junior one, to go to the Commons to seek MPs' permission to break his self-imposed welfare cap for three successive years.

Colonel Stuart Tootal, then commander of the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, said that because of bureaucratic delays in sending an American Black Hawk helicopter, he was forced instead to despatch an RAF Chinook to rescue the men.

Deborah Haynes, defence editor of the Times, despatched a pooled contribution to this report from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

The Foreign Office despatched a rapid deployment team of officials to Istanbul to help those caught up in the blast.

Tynan may have angered the theatrical old guard and unfairly despatched a fine writer such as Rattigan into outer darkness.