Sentence examples for of a few casualties from inspiring English sources

They're afraid of a few casualties".

Daily reports of a few casualties here or there led one senior US Navy officer I spoke to recently to characterise their progress as working the target "a few bodies at a time".

The incident was typical of raids on "soft" targets: a few casualties, an influx of government troops, then silence.

After all, what's the value of military supremacy when a few casualties will turn public opinion against you?

Of course, the economic downturn has led to more than a few casualties – the demise of the house of Christian Lacroix, the brilliant, southern French-born couturier who revitalised fashion in the Eighties, is one such.

"The risk of recurrence is high, and could involve anything from a few casualties to tens of thousands.

The airborne troops suffered only a few casualties, and the pieces of the radar they brought back, along with a German radar technician, allowed British scientists to understand German advances in radar and to create counter-measures to neutralise those advances.

We had a few casualties, a few fatalities.

There will be a few casualties.

A few casualties on either side were reported.

The regiment suffered only a few casualties during this engagement.