Sentence examples for substantial combat from inspiring English sources

Burns rejected claims that the permanent stationing of troops could be seen as an aggressive step, or substantial combat forces.

Moscow argues that the plan to set up rotating battalions in Poland and the Baltic States would violate a 1997 agreement that Nato would not mass "substantial combat forces" in Europe.

In 1996, as NATO prepared to admit Eastern Europe, it set up a formal relationship with Russia, assuring it that no nukes and no "substantial combat forces" would be placed close to its border.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has said that the initial withdrawal should be modest, and that substantial combat forces should remain into next year's fighting season so as not to risk successes earned through the surge.

While a MAGTF can't fight a major conflict all by its lonesome, it is a rather substantial combat force by local standards, and quite enough to provide for a host of non-combat missions.

Rasmussen said what NATO was doing was in line with the 1997 agreement with Russia in which NATO agreed to defend eastern European members through reinforcements rather than by permanently basing substantial additional combat forces there.

But the troop cutbacks are a substantial diminution in combat power, one that will make it more difficult to mobilize forces for major operations.

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Page B1 EUROPE INCREASES AID The European Central Bank increased aid to struggling financial institutions, but disappointed those expecting more substantial measures to combat slowing growth and address a bank emergency.

Countries like Colombia were fortunate to receive substantial aid to combat terrorist groups that employed K&R as a tactic to generate income.

On environmental issues, cables show that the U.S. routinely makes symbolic gestures rather than initiating substantial practices to combat climate change, and works aggressively to tailor international agreements to its own commercial interests.