Sentence examples for limited contingent from inspiring English sources

When he did seek such an authorization last April, it was for a limited contingent, which now stands at about 3,000 soldiers, paramilitary officers and civilians.

On March 1 statements were heard from office-holders in the Russian Federation about the possible despatch to Ukraine of a limited contingent of Russian troops.

The head of Russia's upper house of parliament, Valentina Matviyenko, said she could not rule out the dispatch of a "limited contingent" of troops to Crimea to "guarantee the security of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian citizens living on the territory of Crimea".

It would not be untoward for a court to interpret 'contingent' to mean 'contingent upon improvement".' Efforts to limit contingent-fee agreements have not been successful.

Conservatives in the GOP had been urging the leadership to make increasing the borrowing limit contingent upon a policy demand, but in the end the party was unable to coalesce around a single proposal.

The House was moving forward Tuesday with a separate proposal to cap government spending and make raising the debt limit contingent upon congressional passage of a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. constitution.

Convergent evolution reveals to us that the number of possibilities available for contingent events is limited, that historically contingent evolution is constrained to occur within a finite number of limited pathways, and that contingent evolution is thus probabilistic and predictable.

Key US allies Britain, Canada and Australia also committed forces, although these were initially limited to naval contingents and were largely viewed as token efforts in the US.

The Interests Section in Havana has about 360 staff members, but the U.S. contingent is limited to 51, including Marine guards.

James was part of a contingent that limited the Bulls to 37 percent shooting (34 of 91), and Chicago suffered several lengthy scoring droughts.

The small American contingent was limited to military advisers to the Iraqi division; a military-police unit that worked with the Iraqi police; a Special Forces team; and Army National Guardsmen from Illinois who had a partnership program with the Polish Army.