Sentence examples for the corps which from inspiring English sources

Environmental groups already comment publicly on projects by the corps, which operates 630 dams for flood control and navigation.

Mr. Bush's budget does not provide any increase for the corps, which would receive $125 million in 2002.

The levee in question was not built or managed by the corps, which is responsible for the high barriers that line the Mississippi River.

The initial price was based on "drive-by estimating," said Richard V. Dowling, a spokesman for the corps, which oversees the contract.

It also involves wrangling about whether the corps, which has been limited to navigation and flood control, has any business wading into irrigation.

He worked in Oregon and Washington State for the corps, which gave him $5 a month for expenses and sent $25 home to his family.

The camps had received an influx of supporters over the weekend – including hundreds of US veterans – in response to evacuation orders from the army corps, which controls the land where the largest camp is based, and the North Dakota governor.

Within days, Simpson was heading east again, taking a flying boat to Batavia, where he joined the advance party of the I Corps, which was being sent from the Middle East to the Dutch East Indies to counter the Japanese threat.

Much to the chagrin of the press corps, which had also been staking out the event for hours, she wasn't taking any questions from reporters — or that was the word in the Twittersphere.

On 21 June, Himmler promoted Sauberzweig to SS Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Waffen-SS (major general) and appointed him to command the Bosnian corps, which was given the title IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian).

After the disastrous Union defeat at Fredericksburg, Va., he was assigned the V Corps, which participated in the Chancellorsville, Va., campaign (April May 1863).