| 单词 | army |
| 释义 | army (ɑːʳmi ) Word forms: armies 1. countable noun [with singular or plural verb] B1 An army is a large organized group of people who are armed and trained to fight on land in a war. Most armies are organized and controlled by governments. After returning from France, he joined the army. The army is about to launch a major offensive. ...a top-ranking army officer. Synonyms: soldiers, military, troops, armed force 2. countable noun [with singular or plural verb] An army of people, animals, or things is a large number of them, especially when they are regarded as a force of some kind. ...data collected by an army of volunteers. [+ of] ...armies of shoppers looking for bargains. ...the army of television cameras outside his house. Synonyms: vast number, host, gang, mob Quotations: I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me An army marches on its stomach Collocations: Allied army The Allied northern armies were now cut off. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) If the plan failed, then the Allied army and the Prussians would try to protect each other. A Model Victory (2005) Troops from all over the British Empire made up the Allied army in Burma. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) Sports centres and army barracks have been commandeered as shelters. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He is also considering converting an army barracks and possibly a mental hospital into new open prisons. Times, Sunday Times (2006) From the outside the buildings looked like many a hospital, school or army barracks. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) These centres, usually former army barracks, were not well suited to families and civilian residence. Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988) The offences are said to have taken place in 2005 at an army barracks in Nepal. The Sun (2013) Three army battalions based in the north, midlands and south are poised to help in the event of floods. Times, Sunday Times Four scenarios highlight different types of army battalions operating in varying situations (e.g. full-scale war or low-intensity stability operations). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seven partisan detachments were created from former army battalions which sided with the partisans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This wide variety of men would prove both an advantage (numerical superiority and specialized soldiers for different terrain) and a disadvantage (lack of cohesion between army battalions). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The former army captain joined a putsch in 1982, then wrested power from his comrades the following year. Times, Sunday Times Spotting that the then unsigned army captain had talent he offered to be his manager and spent six months trying to secure a deal. Times, Sunday Times The president, a former army captain, ridiculed suggestions that he had to clear with others who should lead the police service. Times,Sunday Times Investors were losing faith in the former army captain for the first time in his stellar hedge-fund career, with many demanding their money back. Times, Sunday Times A retired army captain lost his court action against police who, for his own safety, stopped him rescuing valuables when a blaze destroyed his 16th-century manor house. Times, Sunday Times His family say he made a daring bid for freedom with his colleagues, fleeing to an army checkpoint where they were taken in by troops. Times, Sunday Times They arrived at an army checkpoint beside a highway that circles the city. Times, Sunday Times The bus turned right off the main road at the army checkpoint as always and rounded the corner past the deserted cricket ground. Times, Sunday Times The first sign of authority was an army checkpoint. Times, Sunday Times About a mile from the school, the bus slowed as it approached an army checkpoint. Times, Sunday Times Will the retired army colonel put in an appearance today? The Times Literary Supplement An army colonel who has been pinching cash from his superior officer falls foul of the legendary detective. The Sun The man with a moustache giving us sanctuary turned out to be an army colonel, a bizarre twist in this land where politicians and military have rarely worked together. Times, Sunday Times Royal, the daughter of a strict army colonel, has made no such promises. Times, Sunday Times Once inside, she plays a hologram of an army colonel who explains the truth of the disaster. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the war broke out there was no vacancy for an officer in his regiment, and army command posted him to work in oil provision. Times, Sunday Times Some are even theoretically subject to army command. Times, Sunday Times The army command, however, saw this as a clear case of a soldier violating the rules of engagement. Times, Sunday Times He attained army command, but without notable military accomplishments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This change in nomenclature was important because it signified the independence of the branch from the army command structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the process he builds up a nervous relationship with the music-loving enemy army commander. The Sun A hero of the liberation struggle, he became army commander after independence in 1974 and seized power six years later. Times, Sunday Times A senior army commander apologized for civilian casualties. Houston Chronicle His appointment was because he was the incumbent army commander. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In addition, the army commander was assigned a number of trainloads of concrete and other construction materials and several combat engineering battalions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another army coup must be due some day soon. Times, Sunday Times Since the botched army coup last month, it has been difficult to describe the country as stable. Times, Sunday Times He ascended to the position after leading an army coup in 1954. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It marks a condemnation of a past of army coups and military rule. Times, Sunday Times For reasons of cultural diversity and rivalry, terrain and transport difficulties and the reduction and retaining of the smaller armya successful army coup would be extremely unlikely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Four others aged between 18 and 22 have been named by police, including two with a history of attacking immigrants and one described as an army deserter. Times, Sunday Times The camp was used as a stockade for army deserters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The military claimed that 400 armed army deserters had gathered there, and demanded their surrender. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several army deserters were also questioned, however, all were eventually released. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She shows me a photograph of herself in army fatigues. Times, Sunday Times He wears army fatigues and a hat with bird feathers. Times, Sunday Times Even the soldiers in jackboots and olive army fatigues are smiling. Times, Sunday Times He showed up in army fatigues carrying all his clothes in a duffel bag. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some were wearing army fatigues and some had lungis tied up to their waists. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Joint police and army forces say they are looking for a further 41 senior politicians allegedly involved in graft and other crimes. Times, Sunday Times Many blamed the police and army forces for remaining as bystanders without intervening while the two groups were clashing together. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No field army forces were assigned to the sector. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Army forces cover the army members for all infertility investigations and treatments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In spite of huge losses they kept advancing, creating the chance to open a gap between army forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Serious grievances such as pay issues should be taken from army headquarters to the relevant political department. ST The junta added 35 more names to the list of about 190 who have already been summoned to army headquarters, most of whom are now being held incommunicado. Times, Sunday Times The army headquarters have been targeted. Times, Sunday Times The fast moving frontline meant that army headquarters lost touch with their forward units. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These combat patches are usually only given to soldiers who serve the corps or army headquarters directly, and not one of the subordinate units. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rebels also hit an army helicopter that was carrying senior officers. Times, Sunday Times Ten years ago, he was still an army helicopter pilot. Times, Sunday Times Over 1,000 army photographs and original army helicopter video footage were never made available. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The airstrip area remains in military hands, officially as an army helicopter training area, and there are exercises about twice a year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Local residents said that they saw army helicopters taking part in the raid and heard gunfire and explosions. Times, Sunday Times It also prompted the former army intelligence officer to adopt camouflage battledress to address the nation on state television. Times, Sunday Times Aerial photography had become an important tool of army intelligence by 1915. The Times Literary Supplement Two soldiers and a plainclothes army intelligence officer crawled toward the captain's body, using parked cars as cover. Times, Sunday Times The army intelligence examination had been given to 1,726,966 men; of these 41,000 were officers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He learned through a clandestine source in army intelligence, that he would not be shipped overseas for political reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The thought of him carrying the diaries in the inside of his army jacket made it even more special to hold them a century later. Times, Sunday Times Ask yourself whether this summer you'll be wearing any smocking or a khaki army jacket. Times, Sunday Times She wears an oversized army jacket over a white crop top, with tightly shorn hair that she runs a hand through when mulling some complex subject. Times, Sunday Times Other pieces involved army jackets, tent canvas, old ponchos and khaki trousers, giving them a silk or satin lining. Times,Sunday Times A small army of police, soldiers, medics and officials stood by on the dockside. Times, Sunday Times This was disbanded by an army of police constables who swept the green. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several scenes depict the chaos at the picket lines, clashes between armies of police and striking miners, and the shame associated with crossing the picket line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The chief would have a private army of warriors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When they reach adulthood, it appears before all of them, brainwashing them by performing a magical puppet show and effectively creates a powerful and obedient army of warriors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was eventually caught by an army patrol the next morning more than a mile inside the border. Times,Sunday Times His rescue came about more or less by chance, when an army patrol passed nearby. Times, Sunday Times An army patrol boat rescued three of the kayakers, and a helicopter winched the others from the lake. Times, Sunday Times A little further down the road, the three run into an army patrol in the wake of battle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I was picked up by an army patrol. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Junior army personnel have been detained for questioning. Times, Sunday Times As a result, at least 60 per cent of army personnel live in service accommodation. Times, Sunday Times One officer involved in army personnel predicted it could plunge to as little as 6%. Times, Sunday Times Dozens of army personnel have reportedly been court martialled for defying orders. Times, Sunday Times Why, as a senior serving army officer recently told me, are so many army personnel undeployable? Times, Sunday Times He lost his job and his army rank and ended up working in the mines as well. The Times Literary Supplement Chaplains were appointed in one of four classes, each equating in status (as today) to an army rank - captain to colonel. The Times Literary Supplement Major was his given name and not an army rank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The army rank insignia consists of three winged chevrons (or stripes). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the ranks should not be seen as equivalent to the army rank insignia used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Army recruits can learn while they work with an apprenticeship. The Sun Our army recruits those who see their service as something worthwhile, be it for the short term or long. Times, Sunday Times Regular army recruits sign up for at least four years. Times, Sunday Times He began collecting anecdotes from athletes and army recruits who said that their tried and tested method was applying surgical paper tape. Times, Sunday Times The high attrition rates for potential army recruits has prompted concerns that there may soon be too few fit youths to fill the ranks. Times, Sunday Times He can recite the name of the colonel who commanded his old army regiment, but he doesn't remember what he ate for breakfast. Globe and Mail He and his army regiment went on several marches subject to heat stress and salt restriction to understand better the rate of sweating and weight loss. Times, Sunday Times It was, however, quite normal for engineers to also hold rank within an army regiment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soldiers from the 4th army regiment are investigating. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 200 generals, colonels and commanding officers of each of the dozens of army regiments will be affected. Times, Sunday Times I was patiently taught how to open the doors and scream like an army sergeant to motivate stunned passengers out of their seats. The Sun An army sergeant has had thousands of pounds taken from his wages for a student loan he paid off 16 years ago. Times,Sunday Times She had managed to obtain military uniforms for the attackers from an army sergeant sympathetic to their cause, so that they could disguise themselves. Times, Sunday Times The site also contained housing and quarters for the resident professional army sergeant instructors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An army sergeant, in civilian clothes, was chosen for the deed, he asserted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Officials say army soldiers will be on standby. Mail and Guardian Dozens of bodies were reportedly seen near a disused railway line but the presence of army soldiers and snipers prevented their collection. Times, Sunday Times The occupants included the major, eight army soldiers, a police officer and the driver, he said. canada.com Army soldiers were responsible for rescue operations, while paratroopers were sent to the most affected areas to distribute aid. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Six hundred warplanes flew overhead, and army soldiers marched with new weaponry on display. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An army spokesman said that next of kin had been informed. Times, Sunday Times An army spokesman said that the note was 'light-hearted' correspondence between a commander and his officers. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday an army spokesman claimed it would be wrong to describe the order as a cost-cutting measure. Times, Sunday Times An army spokesman said that a controlled explosion could have caused 'a genuine risk to life'. Times, Sunday Times An army spokesman said it had not changed size since it was donated. Times, Sunday Times Under the constitution he cannot win another term if he remains chief of army staff. Times, Sunday Times He wants to continue serving as a uniform-wearing head of state despite his earlier pledge to step down from his role as chief of army staff. Times, Sunday Times Traditionally, this mission has meant recording the official history of the army in both peace and war, while advising the army staff on historical matters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1830, he was appointed director of the army staff school. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of these people have become lawyers, members of parliament, doctors, army staff and miners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the end of the party, the happy couple drove off in an army tank painted pink for the occasion. Times, Sunday Times On the other hand, the army tank battalions performing the traditional infantry-support role required extremely heavy armoured protection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He could not track an army tank in fresh mud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residents patrolled makeshift barricades to protect their homes from looters, and army tanks remained at key intersections. Times, Sunday Times The railroad track that runs east and west thru town features a small museum with a train and army tank on display, adjacent to the park and bandstand pavilion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An army truck stood against the stormy sky, by the shack. Smithsonian First billet arrived today by army truck. Times, Sunday Times But it was forever damaged when he jumped off the back of an army truck, miles behind the front line, and landed clumsily. Times, Sunday Times Army trucks had been left with their doors gaping open in a flat wasteland of red sand and sparse desert grasses. Times, Sunday Times Ten army trucks filled with uniformed troops pulled up behind them. Times, Sunday Times By exchanging his army uniform for a neat, high-collared sherwanihe sent an important signal to friends and foes, at home and abroad. Times, Sunday Times Standing up in my cot at age three and watching my dad put on his army uniform and looking in the mirror. The Sun Then, still wearing his decades-old army uniform, he walked out of the jungle. The Sun To look at me wearing nylons, an army uniform, a cape, a smirk or a snarl. Times, Sunday Times Police said that the bomber approached while wearing police or army uniform. Times, Sunday Times The army unit caused big devastation to village and granaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The town's army unit had been using a similar motive without waves on their standard since the mid 18th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were also several smaller factory, ministry and army unit sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its appearance and conduct resemble that of a conventional army unit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The game combined both large scale army unit level and small scale character level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The army veteran may have to learn to walk again. The Sun It emerged this week, however, that the army veteran has received a bump up the corporate ladder. Times, Sunday Times No charges have been filed against the 33-year-old army veteran, who was said to be working with officials to prove his innocence. Times, Sunday Times He was an army veteran, for one thing. Times, Sunday Times He knows that many army veterans do not want to make the painful journey back. Times, Sunday Times He plans to assemble an army to bring order back to the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using his tremendous powers, he reaches into other time periods and dimensions to assemble an army of familiar faces to challenge the forces of good. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This allowed them to assemble an army of warriors from multiple allied and neighboring groups that included the local population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The player must assemble an army of up to 50 units with limited funds available, and should capture cities and factories to increase its coffers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the conflict's denouement, the area became a space for foreign troops to assemble their armies and horses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 New nuclear subs are coming on line and a conscript army will be fully professional by 2008. The Sun But it's largely about life in a conscript army and the senseless mediocrity of military hierarchy. Times, Sunday Times Thousands have been detained pending 'screening' by the authorities, with many sent to join the conscript army. Times, Sunday Times He was fighting an isolated, impoverished, demoralized conscript army which was already decimated by war. Globe and Mail Militia officers, state's attorneys, lawyers, professors and schoolteachers were in the van of this conscript army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its appearance and conduct resemble that of a conventional army unit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These agreements led to a flood of equipment and supplies necessary for a modern, conventional army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since major fighting subsided in about 1997, the army has been engaged in refitting itself for the tasks of a conventional army, after more than a decade of anti-guerrilla action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He supports this statement by pointing to the conventional armies in existence throughout the 20th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Conventional armies face political attrition for each action they take. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So how did they defeat an army? Times, Sunday Times It was said that he defeated an army of 40,000 men in 40 minutes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forcing the enemy to submit generally consisted of defeating their army in the field. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the end, they defeated an army which had a strength on paper of 230,000, but which possibly numbered as few as 150,000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government should therefore keep matters in perspective and resist demands to deploy the army. Times, Sunday Times The government hesitated to deploy the army. Times, Sunday Times The week after that, parliament will vote on deploying the army to help police to protect the border. Times, Sunday Times Instead, you need to think about where you deploy your armies for best effect and which types of troops are best suited to the job. Times, Sunday Times She has deployed the army to ensure people leave home only for food, medicine or fuel, or to exercise on their own. Times,Sunday Times So he decides to desert the army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Soon thousands of troops were deserting the army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His father turns up in the nearby woods, having deserted the army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once out of prison, the captives were enrolled in the enemy army, and sent to fight against their former comrades. Times, Sunday Times In the process he builds up a nervous relationship with the music-loving enemy army commander. The Sun If his kingdom lacked strongpoints to impede the progress of an enemy army, he would build them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They included: - one side exposed to the enemy army and cannons - which joined the side curtain to the bastions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Battlefields take place on hexagonal grids, where players move their armies across various terrain in order to strategically engage and defeat the enemy army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 TO the disappointment of his growing army of fans a wrist injury kept him out in 2007. The Sun (2009) A third of Britain's growing army of home workers have admitted that they worked in the garden during last week's heatwave. Times, Sunday Times (2014) THE growing army of consumers who shop online are being offered help to become more cyber-savvy. The Sun (2006) This is a guerrilla army that has gone quiet, but not gone away. Times, Sunday Times (2006) That's all the stuff you need in an open country when you are faced with a guerrilla army. The Sun (2009) I sat about writing my notes, compiling as detailed a history of the guerrilla army as possible. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) He has always been candid about his reasons for joining the army. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He joined the army as a common soldier during the War of Independence but was able to train to become an officer. A Social History of Modern Spain (1991) He joined the army from school but was cashiered a year later for striking an NCO. CODE BREAKER Since her childhood she had dreamed of leading an army into battle. CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric (2004) Who was the last king to lead an army into battle? Times, Sunday Times (2006) The narrator says: 'He was only 23... but on the battlefield he was like a lion leading armies, and probably one of the best and most feared trained fighters. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He left the Army in 1962, having attained the rank of Major. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I didn't ask to leave the army, I was medically discharged. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Before leaving the Army in 1971 he led an inquiry into new sites for weapon proving ranges. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We wish our loyal army of readers, distributors, newsagents and delivery teams every happiness in 2012. The Sun He built up a loyal army of investors who trusted him to make shrewd calls. Times, Sunday Times Loyal army officers restored him to power. Times, Sunday Times The current boxy seven-seater already has a large and loyal army of buyers and the new version due in 2011 will have them queuing up in their droves. The Sun We and our loyal army have shown unprecedented tolerance towards our own people, who are already armed with tanks and heavy artillery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Where other people saw a flock of sheep, he saw a mighty army! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two sides began manoeuvring and making sporadic attacks, and by 6pm the two mighty armies were ready for battle. Times, Sunday Times As he delivers his speech, we see images of mighty armies and powerful space fleets conquering worlds and crushing all opposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was just as much enthusiasm for the occupying army among the lower orders. Times, Sunday Times No foreign occupying army can be expected, without a mandate, to keep the peace for such a period of time. Times, Sunday Times Inner-city schools shut, houses were burnt out and the police were seen as an occupying army. Times, Sunday Times The right to bear arms was a reaction to the presence of redcoats as an occupying army before 1783. Times, Sunday Times Every occupying army leaves its mark on the country it has 'liberated' and the detritus of war can endure for generations. Times, Sunday Times At this point the opposing armies still enjoyed some freedom of movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The opposing armies took measures to thwart photographic reconnaissance. Smithsonian Moreover, both opposing armies were still in the phase of organisation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In many cases, they won against significantly larger opposing armies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two opposing armies faced each other for nine days of trench warfare, in some places only yards apart. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Starved of funds, it cannot support a powerful army that would match its ambitions. Times,Sunday Times His very powerful army was astonishingly inactive, not only in the hot season but through most of the cold. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have a powerful army of humans and are independent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each dragon had spawned five adolescent dragons and recruited a powerful army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intricate castle sim again calls on players to oversee their kingdom, ensuring the safety and security of the citizens while building up powerful armies to take on enemies. Times, Sunday Times Western optimists claim the rebel army is slowly tightening the noose around the capital. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Key to this plan is the gradual strengthening of the rebel army. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Critics point to the logistical difficulties of supplying weapons and the lack of clarity over the composition of the rebel army. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Others are less sure that the dropouts represent a vast reserve army eager and able to re-enter the labour market. Times, Sunday Times Devised as an official plan to quash insurrection, it would be activated to mobilise the reserve army, which would be unaware it was doing the bidding of revolutionaries. Times, Sunday Times Second, if academics do less teaching a reserve army of surrogates must presumably do it instead. Times, Sunday Times Also, what seems to have become a reserve army of the unemployed - workers jobless for more than 27 weeks - seems stuck at about 4m. Times, Sunday Times Not that there isn't a reserve army of the unemployed sitting on the sidelines. Times, Sunday Times No country wants its troops to be holding up the rear of a retreating army. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Although the visiting team impersonated a retreating army in the second half, they dominated the opening period. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It's like a retreating army, with a policy of scorch and burn. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The loose organisation and discipline of the revolutionary army seems in part a deliberate expression of the revolution's egalitarian ideals. Times, Sunday Times However, she was kind and solicitous if she felt you were doing your job — and quick to praise us junior civil servants, the foot soldiers in her revolutionary army. Times, Sunday Times The revolutionary army established large-scale public works programs and successfully implemented an urban and rural literacy campaign, which helped dramatically increase the literacy rate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ship was captured by the revolutionary army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Midway through the war, the two are captured by the revolutionary army and serve by performing their shadow puppet routine for the revolutionaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Afterwards many former agents in this secret army maintained a dignified silence about what they did. Times, Sunday Times In the event of war, the secret army planned to enlist 40,000 fighters. Times, Sunday Times If so, she could be one of the new secret army of emotional crutches. Times, Sunday Times The wizard forms a secret army. The Sun His underworld connections come into their own as he begins to build a secret army. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A small army of strategists will be packing their bags and embarking on a new electoral battle. Times, Sunday Times Then there's the task of keeping a small army of employees upbeat and informed. Times, Sunday Times These performers don't have a small army of trainers, nutritionists and chefs at their beck and call. The Sun Every step on the road to football recovery will be tracked and strictly regulated by a small army of club doctors and medical experts. The Sun This means that its clients benefit from the skills of a small army of fund managers. Times, Sunday Times They want to reinforce and train the army. Times, Sunday Times (2017) A small contingent stayed in Kabul, helping to train the Afghan army. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Diplomats agree that the only solution is to train an army for the government. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They have sacked vast armies of temporary staff. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But Greece and Portugal do not have to worry about a vast army of 470 million labourers. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The Ottoman empire depended on vast armies of galley slaves taken in mass raids on the coasts of Christendom. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 军队 Japanese: 軍隊 |
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