Sentence examples for significant contingent from inspiring English sources

We would therefore likely view the financial sector as a significant contingent risk to the state.

There is also a significant contingent of Australian troops, as well as liaison officers from Britain and Germany.

Among the additional forces and equipment that arrived here early today was a significant contingent of Australian troops, said Capt.

In November, American Express executives said they planned to return some workers to the World Financial Center but would keep a significant contingent in Jersey City.

Al-Shabaab is believed to have between 7,000 and 9,000 fighters, including a significant contingent from abroad, although its propaganda has recently been struggling to compete with that of Isis and Nigeria's Boko Haram.

It also billed it as an operation that would stem the flow of foreign fighters, who make up a significant contingent of Isis's militants, and the flight of refugees from Syria amid worsening fighting.

They built castles, garrisoned important towns, and participated in battles, fielding significant contingents against Muslim armies until the fall of Acre, the last remaining Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, in 1291.

In the decolonization conflict of 1974 75, Cuba became the MPLA's strongest ally, sending significant contingents of combat and support personnel to Angola.

The protests have often had a significant Islamist contingent.

Leigh's film leads a small but significant UK contingent, including Stephen Frears's out-of-competition Tamara Drewe, based on the Posy Simmonds graphic novel and starring Gemma Arterton as a rural temptress.

For those whom a festival meant something a little more raucous, like me, there was still the early hours of Sunday morning and a DJ set by Rustie that had a significant British contingent hurling themselves around like idiots to Niggas in Paris.