Sentence examples for shrinking force from inspiring English sources

When Lee P. Brown walks into the red-brick Police Headquarters building tomorrow morning to be sworn in as New York City's 36th police commissioner, he will be taking charge of an embattled department struggling against an explosion of violent crime with a shrinking force.

Since unemployment only measures the "labor force," a shrinking force perversely produces a positive number.

Gen. Henry H. Shelton, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned today that the military faced "an unsustainable burden" caused by aging equipment, shrinking forces and the pace of military operations.

A32 Warning on Military 'Burden' Gen. Henry H. Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military faced "an unsustainable burden" caused by shrinking forces, old equipment and the pace of operations.

Among U.S. phone companies only SBC, AT&T and Verizon have more customers, but all are shrinking, forced to fight rearguard actions to mitigate the growth of cellular.

Former US military commanders said the 5,500 troop level was below the "minimum" requirements for an effective US force, and questioned if Obama will actually shrink force levels to that size before leaving office.

Over the past year, Mono Lake has continued to shrink, forcing Los Angeles to sharply curb how much water it takes.

But as the world's financial markets shrank, forcing investment banks to shed an estimated 100,000 jobs, Reuters's own market shrank.

Many more have dramatically shrunk, forcing its residents to go elsewhere.

In Solana Beach — which has 1.7 miles of coastline, almost entirely lined by bluffs — El Niño waves have caused the beach to shrink, forcing people to walk closer to the base of the bluffs.

But most of the decline reflects a shrinking labor force rather than new hiring.