Sentence examples for test the readiness from inspiring English sources

Mr. Haq was captured and killed during a clandestine visit to test the readiness of tribal groups in eastern Afghanistan to break with the Taliban.

The Department of Health is also planning to organize simulated terrorist attacks, complete with large numbers of mock casualties, to test the readiness of emergency services.

They claimed it was part of an exercise to "test the readiness" of the population.Such incidents are grist to the mill of Moscow's conspiracy theorists.

Britain and the US will stage a war-game later this year, simulating a cyber attack on a nuclear power plant, to test the readiness of the government and utility firms.

Nine days after the storm 79,000 ConEd customers were still without power.Sandy is the latest catastrophic event to test the readiness of the world's leading firms to cope with disaster.

In December 2002, Gen. Tommy R. Franks, who was the top officer at Central Command, used Internal Look to test the readiness of his units for the coming invasion of Iraq.

They found no bomb, but the scare tested the readiness of security forces already on high alert ahead of the Athens Olympics this summer.

You could also question their actions as if they're testing the readiness of the Swedish military.

After that, the road to Rio 2014 has a quasi-competitive tournament, the Confederations Cup, that serves as a rehearsal for the champion teams of each continent and, more importantly, as a test of the readiness of Brazil to play host to the World Cup.

His comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a snap drill to test the combat readiness of troops in central and western Russia, near the border with Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a snap drill on Wednesday to test the combat readiness of troops in central and western Russia, near the border with Ukraine.