Sentence examples for maintained a force from inspiring English sources

Russia maintained a force of some 1,500 troops in Transdniestria.

The United States Central Command, the military headquarters that oversees a region from the Horn of Africa to Pakistan, has maintained a force of roughly 20,000 troops, about 175 aircraft and 14 ships, anchored by an aircraft carrier.

Other analysts, however, expressed dismay at the move, saying the company would do better signing up customers if it maintained a force of dedicated T-Online sales representatives to peddle broadband, or D.S.L., service.

On the south bank of the Markham River lay Markham Point, where the Japanese maintained a force of about 200 men on commanding ground.

Britain maintains a force of four nuclear submarines that patrol year-round carrying Trident missiles.

Obama's statement put an end to months of wrangling over whether the US would maintain a force in Iraq beyond 2011.

France, which had colonized Djibouti (pronounced ji-BOOT-e) before it became independent in 1977, still maintains a force of 2,800 strong here.

The firm maintains a force of 600 armed men based in Baghdad's Green Zone to protect embassy and other United States government civilian employees.

The Pentagon has budgeted about $65 billion to maintain a force of about 68,000 troops, meaning that each additional 1,000 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan would cost about $1 billion a year.

Unlike Russia, which still maintains a force of more than 5,000 warheads from the cold war, China has deployed a minimal nuclear force, primarily 18 single-warhead land-based CSS-4 missiles.

President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld are telling the military that it should put missile defenses and future combat systems above maintaining a force capable of fighting and winning two wars simultaneously.