Sentence examples for sizable force from inspiring English sources

"It was quite a sizable force," said Jalal al-Gallal, a rebel spokesman.

Mark Povinelli, an actor whose small stature belies a sizable force, plays Toulouse-Lautrec.

On entering Italy with a sizable force in September 1267, he was enthusiastically greeted by the Italians.

"There is a sizable force of musicians from across every genre of music who support this movement," organisers said.

Altogether, during the Reconstruction era, scalawags constituted perhaps 20 percent of the white electorate, a sizable force in any election or constitutional convention.

Western officials insist they will maintain a sizable force to support the democratic government; some talk of 25,000 US troops.

A run of guerrilla operations in 2004 had been followed by terrorist attacks, including the siege at a school in Beslan, that showed the rebels still had sizable forces and considerable resources.

And if fleeting patches of shaky ensemble attested to the unfamiliarity of this noble enterprise, Mr. Botstein nonetheless drew a handsome performance from the American Symphony Orchestra in the pit, capably marshaling the opera's disparate styles and coordinating its sizable forces.

Officials said that although the president had no doubt about what large numbers of United States troops could achieve on their own in Afghanistan, he repeatedly asked questions during recent meetings on Afghanistan about whether a sizable American force might undercut the urgency of the preparations of the Afghan forces who are learning to stand up on their own.

The army is by far the largest component, and there is a sizable reserve force.

Further, there is a sizable rebel force in Chechnya's southern highlands.