Sentence examples for lightly manned from inspiring English sources

Some of these could be lightly manned or even manless when not in use, and rapidly reinforced by air and sea in times of crisis.

Their continuing prominence seems also to reflect the tactics of lightly manned Special Forces units engaged in counterterrorism operations, who must rely on air cover to extract themselves from ambushes and the like.

Makeshift checkpoints sprang up, with litter bins, bricks, gates and uprooted lamp-posts used to block cars.During the day these checkpoints are lightly manned, sometimes by one young man armed with a wooden stick, or by a handful of young boys, their skinny limbs browned from the sun.

In June 1648, Appleby endured a four-day siege before capitulating to the Parliamentarians, but lightly manned Brougham Castle succumbed easily to Colonel John Lambert.

However, the later official history of the crossing said there had been "no enemy resistance" and that the North Korean positions were "lightly manned".

A lightly manned vessel, piled high with food, is an irresistible target for looters, and the fine for stowaways can be twenty thousand dollars and plane fare home both payable by the tugboat company.

The Roman forces totaled 80,000 infantry, 2,400 Roman cavalry and 4,000 allied horse (involved in the actual battle) and, in the two fortified camps, 2,600 heavily armed men and 7,400 lightly armed men (a total of 10,000), approximately 86,400 men.

He is a tall, lanky, lightly bearded man who looked the part of the doomed hero.

The first was against the mixing of lightly clad men and women, which could encourage lewdness and promiscuity.

A dozen lightly armed men stood guard, greeting trucks filled with Egyptian migrant workers fleeing eastward toward home.

"I am here because of state violence on behalf of a corporation," Matthew, a genial, lightly dressed man, said.