Example sentences of "troops be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Support troops are to be out of both countries by the end of June . |
| 2 | MORE than 3,000 United Nations troops are to be sent into war-torn Somalia to protect food supplies , the Security Council decided last night . |
| 3 | He prepared an instruction for the King 's signature , declaring that the Macdonalds of Glencoe were to be pursued ‘ by fire and sword ’ and that troops were to ‘ burn their houses , seize or destroy their goods or cattle , plenishings or clothes , and to cut off the men . ’ |
| 4 | RUC officers decided when troops were to be called in and how they were to be used . |
| 5 | A massive blow , delivered at maximum speed , was to knock France out of the war in the first six weeks ; then , using Germany 's efficient interior rail system , the victorious troops were to be rushed east to destroy the Tsar 's armies before Russia 's cumbersome mobilization could be completed . |
| 6 | Russian troops were to be withdrawn from Manchuria . |
| 7 | But Welsh and English alike took care to put their valuables and their armour , if they had any , safely under lock and key , for if the returning troops were to be billeted in the town , even for a few nights , there would certainly be some looting , and no sane burgess was so loyal a king 's man as to be complacent about losing goods and gear without a struggle to preserve them . |
| 8 | Under the accord ( i ) an immediate ceasefire was declared ; ( ii ) the state of emergency in Gao and Timbuktu provinces was lifted and army troops were to be withdrawn from the area ; ( iii ) an amnesty was granted to all Tuareg political prisoners ; ( iv ) internal autonomy was to be granted to the Adrar region ( i.e. Gao and Timbuktu ) ; and ( v ) additional state funds were to be allocated to the development of the region . |
| 9 | On May 27 it was reported that the last 119 Cuban troops remaining in Angola had arrived home in Havana , five weeks ahead of schedule [ see pp. 36479-81 for 1988 agreement under which the Cuban troops were to be withdrawn ] . |
| 10 | OMON troops were to be redeployed in Russia , it was announced on Aug. 25 . |
| 11 | In response to the Sept. 11 announcement by the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that 11,000 Soviet troops were to be withdrawn from Cuba , an editorial in the official Communist party newspaper Granma declared that the decision had been " unilateral " , had broken historical and legitimate bilateral accords and was the equivalent of giving a " green light " to the United States to carry out " aggressive plans against Cuba " . |
| 12 | Despite his government 's contention that Ciskei was an independent country , however , late on Sept. 7 de Klerk announced that South African troops were to be deployed there to " protect industrial property " , which was largely owned by white South African citizens . |
| 13 | In addition , ground troops were to be supported by Italian aircraft and , most importantly , by the German Condor Legion . |
| 14 | A force of " green " troops is to be set up to fight pollution and natural disasters worldwide . |
| 15 | The number of German troops was to be reduced to 370,000 within three to four years . |