Collocations witharmy
These are words often used in combination witharmy.
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advancing army
I always like to think of our scientific manpower as an advancing army.
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allied army
In this case you are going to have an allied army to hit one of themselves.
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army ant
We hypothesized that army ant-bird interactions would be affected by both elevation and forest fragmentation.
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army barracks
Foreign professional soldiers lived in army barracks, but also in private houses scattered across town.
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army base
Kanpur was an emerging mill centre, an important army base and source of army supplies since the mutiny.
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army brat
Data reflect only the responses of the army brat listener group.
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army camp
Edmund leaves for the army camp.
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army engineer
Alexander, who was to have a successful career as an army engineer, retained a keen sense of his debt.
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army garrison
Other "tourmarchai" and subordinate commanders headed the theme's army garrison.
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army personnel
Infectious mononucleosis is common among young adults, especially in selected populations such as college students and army personnel.
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army reserve
They are not in any sense an army reserve have.
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army troop
Ten field companies, seven tunnelling companies, four army troop companies and nine battalions were put to work repairing or extending existing plank roads.
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army uniform
Army uniforms, field tents, and vehicle covers were made.
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conscript army
Following the demobilization of the wartime conscript army most regular regimental soldiers returned to the cosy familiarities of colonial soldiering.
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conventional army
Therefore, the first consideration for the defence policy of this country should be the provision of a conventional army.
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defeated army
I do not think we are a defeated army.
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entire army
Because it would not be fitting for you to begin an enterprise and not complete it, and in the entire army there is not food for five days.
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federal army
Ultimately the pro-division faction contrived to get the government to support its position and when the ' rebel' party revolted, the federal army unleashed counter-revolutionary terror.
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imperial army
For many years we have had an imperial army to maintain an empire.
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invading army
Even when exposed directly to an invading army, women were often expected to act simply as objective recorders of events for an absent male audience.
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massive army
If a massive army of estimators is used for tendering, enormous numbers of technical staff will be employed.
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mercenary army
Nothing could be less to their interests than to turn us into a bankrupt nation, to serve as a mercenary army for their purposes.
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mighty army
He has used the apparatus of a mighty army and a civilised democratic state to crush.
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occupying army
Granaries in ' hostile ' territory were emptied, while villages, once ' pacified ', were required to provide food to sustain the occupying army.
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opposing army
It is not comparable with fighting an opposing army who might be subject to the same disciplines as we are.
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powerful army
You can stop war in this way: by having a very powerful army people may not attack you.
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private army
Instead, they rejoined the private army of their former 'host'.
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professional army
It will come through the efforts of business men, who constitute the trained professional army of peace that fights for a higher standard of living and against want.
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rebel army
The rebel army was on the point of defeat only a few months ago and was almost wiped out.
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regular army
Fifteen officers held commissions as generals in the regular army at the end of the war.
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retired army
Some of them are robust—retired army officers and their wives—and they are not habitually weak kneed in the face of a real threat.
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royal army
These were the kings vassals and were usually the sons of powerful men, holding benefices and forming a contingent in the royal army.
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small army
I think that is the figure; anyhow it is a very small army.
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standing army
It played host to between a third and a quarter of the empire's standing army.
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vast army
If one takes away responsibility, we are merely creating a vast army of remittance men who, instead of going overseas, are staying in this country.
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victorious army
The victorious army outruns its communications, and it has to wait until these are built up behind it.
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