Sentence examples for small contingencies from inspiring English sources

In practice, the distribution system operators always try to maintain the system within a given voltage stability margin so that small contingencies do not make the system unstable.

The brigade did not participate in any overseas combat operations through the 1970s or 1980s, as the size of the active duty force negated the need for National Guard formations to be deployed during the relatively small contingencies of that period.

*Conduct "small-scale contingencies of limited duration in other areas of the world".

The new strategy was contained in guidelines, or "terms of reference," that described four new core missions: The military must prepare to "win decisively" in one major war; to defend the homeland; to maintain global deployments to deter aggression; and to conduct limited, small-scale contingencies.

"There's a small contingency of people that are into it," he said.

The government vaguely states that it has a "very small" contingency fund, but there is no guarantee that low-income students in some schools (who are not disabled or in care) will receive any support at all.

"Initially it was a small contingency of fans against him, but now he has lost the support of the whole of Blackburn," Gallacher told BBC Radio 5 live.

A small contingency of key workers including the president would remain until January 2008. 1.

Both Labor and the Coalition see the need to leave a small contingency of troops in Afghanistan as trainers for the Afghan National Army and police.

The Obama Administration will have to be very strategic as it brings back most of its troops while leaving a very small contingency just in case.

The business might have a small contingency fund for these types of events, but that fund can be quickly erased by litigation that also distracts the owner from managing the business and maintaining profitability.