Sentence examples for smallest ground from inspiring English sources

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called the cuts "devastating" and predicted they would yield "the smallest ground force since 1940" and the smallest naval fleet since 1915.

Rough estimates suggest after ten years of these cuts, we would have the smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest number of ships since 1915, and the smallest Air Force in its history.

At the end of the ten years, he says, the United States would have the smallest ground force since 1940, the fewest ships since 1915 and the smallest air force in its history.

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has said the cuts would result in "the smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest number of ships since 1915 and the smallest Air Force in its history".

British MPs from the Commons Defence Committee complained, after a visit to Iraq earlier in the year, that British troops, part of one of the smallest ground contingents in the coalition, were too far away from the front line.

Defense Secretary Panetta has suggested that if the cuts proceed, military procurement would be gutted to such an extent that America would have its "smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest number of ships since 1915, and the smallest air force in its history".

Back in 1924, the smallest ground-floor apartment, with a living room, bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom, was advertised for $3,400.

In 1925, Mr. Hegdewar founded the RSS in a small ground in Nagpur.

Small ground fires historically burned through these forests with some regularity, keeping the trees widely spaced.

I always felt a bit sorry for opposing teams who visited our small ground.

Clive Lloyd in his bespectacled, six-hitting youth made Old Trafford look a small ground.