Sentence examples for sizable forces from inspiring English sources

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.

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

"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.

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

"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.

Iraqi and American officials say they would prefer to re-enter the city with a sizable force of Iraqi soldiers, perhaps backed up by Americans.

The original plan was to send a tank battalion to the Diyala bridge as a feint to draw the Iraqis in and then send over a more sizable force over pontoon bridges to the south.

Pakistani authorities, in interviews, say they have more than 100,000 troops operating in the region, including a sizable force conducting what they said was a major offensive in South Waziristan.