Sentence examples for modest force from inspiring English sources

Howe recognized his failure, however, to destroy the modest force of Gen. George Washington, then encamped at nearby Valley Forge.

The UK already has a modest force of 500 infantry in Iraq to help train the Iraqi army.

In the air, Britain needs a modest force of ground-attackers, a lot of helicopters, and a credible plane for the Royal Navy's two planned aircraft carriers.

NATO has agreed to send a modest force with a very limited role, to help disarm the Albanian rebels, and to be there for just 30 days.

Assuming the necessary agreements can be reached, the United States and NATO are planning to keep a modest force in Afghanistan after 2014 to guard against terrorist threats and advise Afghan forces.

Many Iraqi and American officials are convinced that even a modest force would have been able to prevent chaos — not by fighting but by providing training, signals intelligence, and a symbolic presence.

The dBCP model has modest forcing data requirements and can be applied to other basins globally.

The airplane finally freed military movement, for modest forces and limited cargo, from bondage to earth altogether.

Part of the lack of impact of the "big" moments -- in quotation marks because nothing sounded really big -- came from the modest forces, hardly one singer to a choral part, and even more from the hall's dampening effect.

Except for an elaborate percussion battery, it requires relatively modest forces: an orchestra of 57, a chorus of about 45 and three vocal soloists -- mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass -- in multiple roles.

Mr. Tritle, one of the most accomplished and canniest choral directors at work today, tackled the issue head-on, deploying his relatively modest forces (22 choristers, 21 instrumentalists) on the raised platform of the great choir, under the central dome, which rains down reverberation on performers and audience alike.