Sentence examples for kept a force of from inspiring English sources

But while the United States has kept a force of 5,300 troops in the province, several major European nations have been reducing their forces.

But, to keep a force of 60,000 in the field for a year, an even bigger number of men and women ideally about 200,000 and a marked improvement in quality would be needed.

Mrs. Clinton and Leon E. Panetta, who succeeded Mr. Gates as the defense secretary, argued that talks should continue and that the goal, as before, should be to keep a force of up to 10,000.

The United States has a major air base at Incirlik in Turkey, where it carries out attacks on the Islamic State and keeps a force of drones and about 50 nuclear weapons.

Earlier in the week, when details of Obama's official Iraq plan began to emerge, expressions of surprise poured from the offices of the congressional Democratic leadership over his intention to keep a force of 35,000 to 50,000 troops in the country beyond 2010.

To counter this threat, the Allies were forced to keep a powerful force of warships with the British Home Fleet, and capital ships accompanied most convoys part of the way to the Soviet Union.

While she was operational the Allies had to keep a powerful force of warships with the British Home Fleet to guard against the possibility of a sortie against the Arctic convoys, and capital ships accompanied most convoys part of the way to the Soviet Union.

To counter this threat, the Allies needed to keep a powerful force of warships with the British Home Fleet, and capital ships accompanied most convoys part of the way to the Soviet Union.

There was no al Qaeda or ISIS in Iraq until Bush43 invaded and occupied the country... not to mention that Iraq's government wouldn't allow the U.S. to keep a residual force of troops there after our promised pull back in 2011.

As he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes a moment — it had been a long day, a hectic summer — I remembered a time in July, when we traipsed down to the Moscow River to a boathouse in the flood plain where he kept a naval strike force of Rickter skis.

Trifle spotted him on CCTV, and knowing that agency staff always keep their radios cranked – a force of habit through door work – he pushed transmit.