Sentence examples for special contingent from inspiring English sources

In February Mr Wang was escorted from the premises of their consulate in Chengdu into the custody of a special contingent of police from Beijing.

The Army's judge advocate general declared the brigade was a "special contingent of the Army and not the Navy," but Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who commanded the Mississippi Valley, wrote that the officers and men of the Marine Brigade "are not subject to my orders".

The last three northern white rhinos are named Najin, Fatu, and Sudan, and they are living out their days under the watch of a special contingent of armed guards in the Ol Pejeta nature conservancy, in Laikipia, not far from where Kuki Gallmann was shot last week.

Amid the attack, Sister Danielle managed to slip away and raise the alarm, and a special contingent of a heavily armed anti-terrorist rapid-reaction force was on the scene within moments.

Organized by the Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and the NY Public Interest Research Group, the protest was joined by a special contingent from NY Loves Mountains, a growing all-voluntary cultural organization established to raise awareness of the connection between mountaintop removal and New York.

And extra contingents of special antiterrorism officers with automatic weapons were visible outside the Citigroup building at 54th Street and Lexington Avenue, at a Citigroup tower in Long Island City, Queens, and at the 24-story Prudential headquarters in Newark, where barricades were set up to block traffic from surrounding streets.

The Special Forces contingent was ordered to attack the six men who remained.

Six Super Hornets, a Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, a KC-30 refueller and a special forces contingent have been pre-deployed to the United Arab Emirates.

The ADF chief, air chief marshal Mark Binskin, confirmed on Thursday that the special forces contingent had arrived in the Middle East and was "ready to continue with the planning".

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The Bush administration persuaded the Greeks to ask for NATO sponsorship for the American Special Forces contingent as a way to avoid stirring a political storm here, NATO officials said.