How To Use standing army In A Sentence
- It is, instead, a war waged by a despotic regime and its standing army against a captive civilian population. Times, Sunday Times
- Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves.
- This infantry of the janissaries was the first standing army in Europe. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
- A standing army of professional soldiers was created, officered by members of the Oligarchy and known as the Mercenaries. Chapter 19: Transformation
- The standing army was in the process of disintegration as lower ranking officers defected to the opposition.
- Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves.
- The island currently has no standing army, but a unit of the Police Force is assigned to the Regional Security System Unit.
- As usual, we had cut our military to the bone and had a standing army of less than 200,000.
- As early as 1439 the nobility had given the king the right to maintain a standing army and to raise the taille which was a tax to pay for the army.
- The problem with the UN is that it does not have a standing army and has to beg for troops every time there is an emergency.
