Sentence examples for on active operations from inspiring English sources

This important question of Human Rights Act jurisdiction, and whether it applies to British soldiers on active operations abroad, will be decided by the European human rights court in Strasbourg as a result of a case brought by lawyers representing Iraqis.

Morgan said: "Our armed forces should certainly not be above the law.That is why the Geneva conventions should apply when they are on active operations.Human rights law simply has no place on the battlefield".

In 1914, no serving British officer of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had controlled a formation larger than a division on active operations.

Admiral Reginald Henderson, Controller of the Navy was instrumental for gaining approval for the ship and ensuring that she had a complete flight deck that would allow her to land, service and launch aircraft on active operations.

SpaceX is hoping to return the Falcon 9 first stage booster used in its first flight back to active operations on January 14.

In particular, White has to choose if he wants to start active operations on the queenside immediately (e.g. Rc1, Qc3, c5), or if he wants to finish his development first (with Be2 and 0-0).

"But they're not conducting active operations".

Despite raising a warchest of some $8 billion, on-demand ride sharing platform Uber is retrenching its operations in Germany — pulling out of three cities (Frankfurt, Hamburg and Düsseldorf), leaving active operations in just Berlin and Munich.

The site went into active operation last fall.

Their manufacturers were in very active operation, with full demand.

In for the Long Haul In the late 1980's, reservists spent less than one million days on active duty supporting military operations; last year they spent nearly 13 million.