Below you will find example sentences with "defence staff". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Defence Staff in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: defence
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 33.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "defence staff" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 33.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as chief of defence staff gen gabriel, chief of defence staff general anil, chief, air and general stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with coaching staff, defence minister, defence ministry, defence minister, defence ministry and air defence, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with defence staff
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Others are the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. (16 words)
Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance delivers remarks at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (24 words)
Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre previously testified that rules restricting government work during elections limited the Defence Department’s ability to publicly communicate. (26 words)
The Indian military has been aware of the possibility of a two-front war with China and Pakistan and chief of defence staff, Gen. Bipin Rawat, has stated that the Indian defence forces are prepared to face such a challenge if need be. (43 words)
The service chiefs are: The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai. (42 words)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address naval commanders at the apex-level biannual conference, presided over by Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and attended by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and other chiefs of the Army and Air Force. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
The meeting involved the joint House Committees on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and the Chief of Air Staff.
The Ministry of Defence is in charge of political leadership while overall military command remains in the hands of the Defence Staff, headed by the Chief of the Defence (formerly called the Chief of the General Staff).
They were welcomed by PM Narendra Modi, who arrived at the venue a couple of minutes earlier with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the three heads of the Indian Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff.
The service chiefs are: The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai.
He remarked that the mandate of the leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff, General CG Musa, and the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TA Lagbaja, clearly emphasises the significance of jointness and intelligence sharing in the defence of Nigeria.
Shortly after February 1966, Amin was appointed Chief of the Army and Air Force Staff, while Brigadier Opolot was transferred to the Ministry of Defence as Chief of the Defence Staff.
Some service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq; and Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, were captured at the event.
Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre previously testified that rules restricting government work during elections limited the Defence Department’s ability to publicly communicate.
Defence Minister Anita Anand, right, walks with Gen. Wayne Eyre, chief of defence staff, as they attend an announcement in Halifax on Friday, Nov.18, 2022.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address naval commanders at the apex-level biannual conference, presided over by Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and attended by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and other chiefs of the Army and Air Force.
Matawalle said this at a dinner in honour of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, organised by members of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 38 Regular Course Welfare Association on Saturday in Abuja.
In his feature address, Colonel Telbert Benjamin, Chief of Defence Staff at the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force, urged the match officials to be disciplined and ambitious and to always work as a team.
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State.
By this time, I too had convened the IGP, the commanders of the Tri-forces, the Chief of the Defence Staff and all intelligence heads to the Defence Ministry.
Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance delivers remarks at the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.
The Indian military has been aware of the possibility of a two-front war with China and Pakistan and chief of defence staff, Gen. Bipin Rawat, has stated that the Indian defence forces are prepared to face such a challenge if need be.
The STC On defence and Security that was preceded by the 14th Ordinary meeting of the African Chiefs of Defence Staff and Heads of safety and security services has since closed.
It is a formation, directly subordinate to the Minister of Defence and while legally part of the armed forces, it is totally independent from the Defence Staff.
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and all ranks of the armed forces also joined in remembering the supreme sacrifice made by the soldiers during the Kargil war.
Others are the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm.