Sentence examples for whole corps from inspiring English sources

The whole corps of cadets fought as a unit in the Civil War battle of Newmarket, in Virginia, and twenty per cent of them were killed or wounded.

Peruvian soldiers in the Amazon need female companionship, so Captain Pantoja enlists a whole corps of prostitutes, complete with cute, midriff-baring uniforms.

First was the fluid nature of the battle itself, which required the hasty redeployment of divisions and even a whole corps (Gen. George Thomas's 14th Corps) as the conflict developed.

There were four or five premières danseuses from the company, and two of the male principals, but the Murphys had been advised not to invite the whole corps de ballet; Diaghilev, a stickler for rank, would not have approved.

But Sara Mearns is dancing the central role with a luster that becomes the ballet better than the performances I saw by Patricia McBride and Merrill Ashley, and the whole corps de ballet shares that luster.

(Brantley)20091119 'CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICE/PANTALEÓN Y LAS VISITADORAS' Peruvian soldiers in the Amazon need female companionship, so Captain Pantoja enlists a whole corps of prostitutes, complete with cute, midriff-baring uniforms.

But the next day, we were all so hectic trying to restructure the whole press corps.

On the whole the corps looked fresher at the matinee, and David LaMarche elicited crisper, more confident orchestral playing in the afternoon than Charles Barker managed at night.

It is said that we are going to be taken to Montauk Point, Long Island to recuperate as the whole army corps is in a generally weak and fatigued condition.

Within two weeks Barkas's plan was accepted, but with one change requested by Montgomery: the dummy armour was doubled to represent a whole armoured corps of over 600 vehicles.

They will not be released, because they were tortured.' The whole Washington press corps had a great laugh at my expense.