Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 The military confrontation between the mujaheddin forces led by Masud and his rival Gulbuddin Hekmatyar continued during May .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 The hon. Gentleman will remember — indeed , his party purported to support the action of the coalition forces — that the objective was to liberate Kuwait .
7 Also alleging rape and torture , Amnesty urged the government to take urgent action against the security forces .
8 In all this he managed to avoid a direct confrontation with the security forces .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The Security Service is part of the Defence Forces of the country .
16 The Security Service is part of the Defence forces of the country .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 The response of the security forces was first to bring in police .
20 Hon. Members should not doubt , either , the response of the security forces and the Government to that level of violence .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 By turning to the Falangist component of the regime forces in this way , Franco was resorting to an old tactic .
24 Dissent is discouraged by the presence of the security forces and the army .
25 The driver , Patsy Gillespie , who was also killed , was described by the IRA as a " collaborator " for having carried out construction work for the security forces , and had been coerced into a similar operation previously at the Fort George Army base in the city .
26 The death toll from the conflict up to the withdrawal of the security forces in March remained unclear , but was certainly in excess of 100 .
27 Statements issued on Sept. 23 by the Turkish and United Kingdom authorities , and by the multinational force 's United States commander Col. " Butch " Whitehead , emphasized the imminent withdrawal of the ground forces .
28 After the withdrawal of the ground forces of the " Provide Comfort " operation [ see pp. 38357 ; 38450-51 ] the remaining forces , described in some reports as a 48-warplane deterrent force ( backed up by a United States aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean ) were deployed at joint Turkish-United States air bases at Incirlik and Pirinclick .
29 In reply to his observations about security , I should point out that in recent weeks the Chief Constable indicated that four out of five terrorist attempts are prevented and interdicted as a result of the work of the security forces .
30 The counter-insurgency unit out at Vlakplaas under Captain Dirk Coetzee was told quite simply , in the language beloved of the security forces , to ‘ make a plan with him . ’
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