Sentence examples for scope of the force from inspiring English sources

Despite such setbacks, the scattering of the paratroopers had the one advantage of confusing the Germans, who had great difficulty in determining the size and scope of the force and then moving to counter it.

"We believe that the AUMF's authority to use lethal force abroad also may apply in appropriate circumstances to a United States citizen who is part of the forces of an enemy authorization within the scope of the force authorization," reads the Justice Department memorandum, written for attorney general Eric Holder on 16 July 2010 and ostensibly intended strictly for Awlaki's case.

This double signal of an increased trend and decreased variance may be related to the more global scope of the forcing in action today.

The creation this year of a 2,000-strong 2,000-strongice, which he says he will increase to 5,000, appears to have gone down well with voters, though the shape and scope of that force is still unclear.

Against this volatile backdrop, the question of expanding the size and scope of the peacekeeping force has assumed new urgency.

"A significant change in the scope of the problem" forced the mayor to put off his goal, spokeswoman Connie Llanos said.

In recent years, deep cuts in government spending have further decreased the size and scope of the armed forces, and reduced demand for high-end military hardware.

The growing size and scope of the fraud is forcing many of its corporate clients to rethink their software and back-office operations, analysts say.

And since E/O 41 widens the scope of the inquiry, and the forces are lined up to raise every possible objection to gas drilling in the new round of negotiations, there's every reason to believe this process will take at least as long, meaning that as a practical matter, gas drilling is dead in New York for the foreseeable future.

He said not all the activities listed would necessarily be included in the final scope of the contract, but if the force added other activities later a "new and costly procurement exercise" would be needed.

As if all of this weren't bad enough, the White House failed to use this occasion to clarify the scope of the Authorization of Military Force, which Congress passed after the September 11th attacks, and which President Bush used to launch the global war against terrorism.