Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] forces " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buthelezi was said to be angry that the ANC had alleged connivance between the security forces and Inkatha in killing ANC supporters . |
| 2 | The Government must encourage the people of Northern Ireland to give their support for the security forces by giving the correct political leadership . |
| 3 | Mr Gibson was a director of the construction company Henry Brothers in which carries out contracts for the security forces . |
| 4 | These violations have occurred in the context of a continuing conflict since the mid-1970s between the security forces and armed tribal groups seeking regional autonomy . |
| 5 | The military confrontation between the mujaheddin forces led by Masud and his rival Gulbuddin Hekmatyar continued during May . |
| 6 | Yet in the past decade more than 50,000 people have died in the fighting between the security forces , separatist Tamil guerrillas and a now-faded nationalist revolt ; and prominent politicians and soldiers are murdered with monotonous regularity . |
| 7 | According to the report , the removal of Jagmohan was a direct response to the action of the security forces in the aftermath of Maulvi Farooq 's assassination . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman will remember — indeed , his party purported to support the action of the coalition forces — that the objective was to liberate Kuwait . |
| 9 | Also alleging rape and torture , Amnesty urged the government to take urgent action against the security forces . |
| 10 | In all this he managed to avoid a direct confrontation with the security forces . |
| 11 | He also addressed directly the unease expressed in some neighbouring countries over his government 's desire to send units from the Self-Defence Forces to assist US-led coalition forces in the Gulf war with Iraq [ see pp. 38010 ; 38098 ] . |
| 12 | Thus , it was suggested , Babangida was well placed to forestall any attempt within the security forces to hinder the progress of transition to a civilian , two-party system of government by 1992 . |
| 13 | Spatially shifting , but perennial , concentrations of ( frequently exacerbated ) poverty share urban landscapes with the sites of regeneration , which by their very presence offer powerful ideological testament to the life forces of renewal retained by late capitalist growth . |
| 14 | The SLORC also announced on Sept. 6 that four NLD officials had been arrested in Mandalay in connection with " disturbances " in the city on Aug. 8 [ see p. 37655 for reported killing of demonstrators in Mandalay by the security forces in early August ] . |
| 15 | Write to the Prime Minister of India , expressing your concern about the widespread use of torture by the security forces to interrogate and intimidate detainees . |
| 16 | Nelson Mandela , the deputy president of the African National Congress , warned that efforts to end apartheid would collapse , unless the South African government ended violence by the security forces . |
| 17 | His greatest triumphs occur in the Sudanese campaigns after the murder of General Gordon , when he trains a native battalion to match the ferocity of the Dervish forces . |
| 18 | The Siege of Praag lasted throughout the spring and summer , during which time the brave defenders held back the greater part of the Chaos forces . |
| 19 | The Security Service is part of the Defence Forces of the country . |
| 20 | The Security Service is part of the Defence forces of the country . |
| 21 | In any event the ‘ Far East ’ solution depended , with rather specious simplicity , on the ability to separate communist sheep from nationalist goats and even though the distinction was recognized as the sine qua non of a solution , it assumed that those who would not support genuine independence , once it was granted by the French , would identify themselves as communists : and would thereby distinguish themselves from the rest of the ‘ nationalist elements ’ who comprised the major part of the resistance forces . |
| 22 | In this battle , the key element was the leading role given to a contingent of Italian infantry , which formed part of the volunteer forces sent by Mussolini in increasing numbers in the winter of 1936 – 37 . |
| 23 | He also knows that the Government set considerable store by having in hand arrangements that will inspire confidence across the face of the community in the activities of the security forces and the RUC . |
| 24 | The response of the security forces was first to bring in police . |
| 25 | Hon. Members should not doubt , either , the response of the security forces and the Government to that level of violence . |
| 26 | The response of the security forces to the peaceful demonstrations had been generally restrained , but on July 23 , following several unsuccessful attempts by the opposition to take over government buildings and install its " ministers " in office , Ratsiraka declared a state of emergency , including a night-time curfew , and issued warrants for the arrest of opposition leaders . |
| 27 | Angry crowds would curse George I , Whigs and Dissenters , the Duke of Marlborough ( a warmonger , and the man widely believed to be responsible for encouraging George I to show all his favour to the Whigs ) , and often even William III , whilst reserving their cheers for James III , the Duke of Ormonde ( the Tory who had replaced Marlborough as Captain-General of the Land Forces in 1712 ) , Dr Sacheverell , and the Church of England . |
| 28 | His regime is shaky , with 30 government agencies either run by former Noriega cronies or staffed by ex-members of the defence forces . |
| 29 | Earlier in the month the human rights organization Amnesty International had warned that the prospects for a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa would be seriously threatened if the government failed to intervene effectively and impartially to stop violence and curb the excesses of the security forces . |
| 30 | By turning to the Falangist component of the regime forces in this way , Franco was resorting to an old tactic . |