Sentence examples for great army from inspiring English sources

And a great army of jobless people hardly promises a peaceful, law-abiding citizenry.

"I say to the great Army of Egypt: the people and the Army are one hand!

Early in 345, Artaxerxes collected a great army and marched against the Phoenician city of Sidon.

He joins that great army of the underpaid to clean, care and cater.

The Danish "great army" captured York in 866, and many of its members settled in that area.

In order to finance the great army, heavy demands were made on territories that for the most part were poor.

Making and training over the years a great army, he was paradoxically sparing and even cautious in using it.

He is accompanied by his vassal Berchter, whose seven sons are among the envoys, and by a great army.

But if politicians like Blair will send our great army to war on a whim, let's see their sons enlist.

For social care minister Norman Lamb a 'great army' of volunteers exist who can provide 'some of the solutions to the challenges we face'.

While no one took the threat of a coup seriously, Merchet's blog was nonetheless widely reported, with Le Monde quoting an unnamed Defense Ministry official as saying that "the mobilization over gay marriage has prompted certain behavior and words which could influence young officers for whom defense of the 'Great Army' entails combating socialist-communist freemasonry".