Sentence examples for large quantity of weapons from inspiring English sources

Sarah Lyall (NYT) KOSOVO: ARMS SEIZED British and other troops made a major raid in an Albanian stronghold, seizing a large quantity of weapons and ammunition.

A shipment of such a large quantity of weapons from Iran by sea would also be a departure from past practices.

Clearing patrols from 3 RAR then swept the area at first light but found only six North Vietnamese dead and a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and equipment.

The ZNG quickly captured isolated JNA facilities, depots and several major posts, seizing a large quantity of weapons, including the entire stocks of the JNA 32nd (Varaždin) Corps and nearly all the weapons previously confiscated from the Croatia's TO.

A large quantity of weapons were also captured, including two 75 mm artillery pieces, three 37 mm anti-tank guns and 18 Type 92 Heavy Machine Guns (colloquially known as "Woodpeckers"), as well as a considerable number of mortars, light machine-guns and assorted small arms.

It said Moscow exported large quantities of weapons to, among others, Iran, Syria and Venezuela, and was prepared to entertain the "grandiose regional visions" of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.

"The problem with the war is, it brought in large quantities of weapons, so it is much more lethal," said David Gressly, the United Nations regional coordinator for southern Sudan.

The first video showed large quantities of weapons reportedly seized by government forces in Dara'a in southwest Syria, just north of the border with Jordan.

Member states continue to sell large quantities of weapons to dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, according to new statistics published by the Union.

Despite years of cat-and-mouse games with the Iraqis, the previous team of United Nations inspectors succeeded in destroying large quantities of weapons and discovering covert programs to create chemical and biological weapons.

The army and police set fire to fuel dumps and ammunition depots as they retreated, but there is no doubt that the insurgents will have captured large quantities of weapons.