Sentence examples for major combat has from inspiring English sources

He declares that major combat has ended.

But the recovery in confidence since the end of major combat has fallen flat, weighed by the weak job market, plus the human and financial costs of the post-war occupation.

Pentagon officials said that there were no plans to attack Syria, and that the military's focus, now that major combat has ended in Iraq, was to send some troops home and reposition others in the country for the long-term mission of making the country stable and secure.

Although major combat had already ended when Mr. Kadyrov was elected in October, terrorist attacks have continued both in Chechnya and in other parts of Russia.

Turning to Iraq, Dr. ElBaradei said that based on what he has read and heard since Mr. Bush declared in May that major combat operations had ended, American inspectors have been unable to contradict his conclusion before the war that there was no evidence that Iraq had an active nuclear weapons program.

But it has been more of a problem since he declared four months ago that major combat operations had ended.

According to Pentagon records, more than 160 have been killed since President Bush declared on May 1 that major combat operations had ended.

Thirty-three American troops have died in such attacks since May 1, when President Bush declared the end of major combat; 49 have died in other incidents, like traffic accidents and weapons discharges.

Despite the focus on military and political matters, the task has been surprisingly high on the American-led coalition's to-do list: even before George Bush declared that "major combat operations have ended" in May 2003, American advisers were preparing in neighbouring Kuwait.

According to Pentagon records, 165 American soldiers have been killed, more than 70 of them by hostile fire, since President Bush declared on May 1 that major combat operations had ended.

Many members of the 320th had expected their mission to wind down once Iraqi prisoners were freed, after the declaration on May 1, 2003, that major combat operations had ended.