Sentence examples for robust army from inspiring English sources

The country's transitional leaders are trying to create a robust army by cobbling together the many defectors from Colonel Qaddafi's military and other former rebel fighters.

Different rates of fragmentation lead to different indices conventional war is fought with robust armies that are unlikely to fragment, while terrorists are more likely to have shifting alliances.Dr Spagat points out that, if their model is correct, it makes casualty data useful in a situation where intelligence about the enemy is hard to come by as seems to be the case in Iraq at the moment.

Several senators said that cost should not be an obstacle if a robust Afghan army and police force were a guarantee of long-term security that allowed the United States to withdraw.

Speaking in London on the eve of the conference, Ali said the long-term solution to Somalia's security problems was a robust home-grown army, navy and coastguard, and that the only enduring solution to the al-Shabaab insurrection and chronic piracy was economic.

"I believe that going forward we're going to have a more robust engagement with the army," he said.

This remains a "priority", says Mr Lagos, But until this week at least, some of the urgency had gone out of the issue: the government now has a narrow majority in the Senate, and Mr Lagos had taken a more robust approach to the army than his predecessor, Eduardo Frei.For now, the government's first priority is the economy.

NAWAZ SHARIF, Pakistan's prime minister, presides over a robust parliamentary majority, a tame army and a nervous press.

India holds most of Kashmir, has the larger army and enjoys a robust economy.

In Indiana, the next major battleground, Mr. Obama is strengthening an already robust television advertising campaign and sending an army of fresh workers there in the coming days.

And he said that taking on Syria, with robust air defenses and a well-trained army, would require a much greater level of force than the Libya action had.

Hooded army-style parkas added a robust touch to more-casual lines — a cool form of shelter on a blustery day.