Sentence examples for on a battalion from inspiring English sources

Imagine, if you are a man, not being reliant on one wife for the efficient multiplication of your genes, but on a battalion, young, old, tall, short, chatty, taciturn, good at cooking, great at scrubbing floors, whatever, and without even having to start an extreme religious cult in Utah to reap these benefits.

Newly promoted Watford, owned by the Italian Pozzo family in a trio of clubs with Udinese and Granada, have spent their Premier League booty on a battalion of experienced players intended to keep them up, every one from overseas, including the midfielder Valon Behrami from Hamburg, and the defenders José Holebas from Roma, and Miguel Britos from Napoli.

Before that, the scoring system relied on a battalion of college students in red shirts with walkie-talkies.

Should you use your magical abilities to cast a fireball spell on a battalion, or should you cast a freeze spell to render enemies immobile?

Gunners in Sevastopol, Ukraine, had unhinged the gates of hell on a battalion of British troops.

All but one of the victims were raw conscripts, part of a battalion on a training exercise.

The arrival on 19 July of a battalion of Royal Marines, which had left Bermuda on 30 June, enabled the squadron to mount further expeditions ashore.

Hit-Girl and Kick-Ass train together and muster an army that will eventually take on an evil battalion gathered by Red Mist.

274th Regiment was believed capable of inflicting heavy casualties on units up to a battalion, while 275th Regiment was assessed as only having the capability to attack isolated outposts or conduct limited ambushes and was unlikely to attempt a major attack without the support of 274th Regiment.

He walked to the firehouse of Engine 18 on 10th Street, spoke to a battalion chief, who brought a crew to the corner.

The story turns on the order made to a battalion of marines to undertake a pointless, gruelling 36-mile march from one post to another, while a group of fellow soldiers lies dead, killed in an accidental explosion.