Several police cars, loaded with armed officers, raced alongside, blazing away at the tires of the big jet.

Several countries ( including the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union ) have had unique flags flown by their armed forces, rather than the national flag.

Several countries have special schemes, administered with no requirement for contributions and no means test, for people in certain categories of need-for example, veterans of armed forces, people with disabilities and very old people.

Several groups of blacks attempted to organize a defense, but they were overwhelmed by the number of armed whites.

Several European armed forces have or are currently replacing older M109s with the German PzH 2000, which outperforms the M109 in speed, range, round capacity and crew requirements.

Several groups within the German armed forces attempted to raise their own paratroop formations, resulting in confusion.

* April 1996: Several hundred North Korean armed troops enter the Joint Security Area and elsewhere on three occasions, in violation of the Korean armistice agreement.

Several men were killed, nine workers among them, and the riot was ultimately quelled only by the intervention of 8, 000 armed state militia.

Several incidents followed Boulanger's death, including an armed attack carried out by a boulangiste against the Republican politician Jules Ferry, in December of the same year.

Several also bear Israeli armed forces markings.

Several armed encounters involving the Nez Perce occurred on Cow Creek, but the most important event was the fateful decision made while in camp on Cow Creek on September 25, 1877.

Several institutions have county FA status in their own right, including Cambridge and Oxford universities, the armed forces, and the Amateur Football Alliance, which has a strong presence in the south-east of England.

Several insurgencies may belong to more complex conflicts, involving " third forces ( armed groups which affect the outcome, such as militias ) and fourth forces ( unarmed groups which affect the outcome, such as international media ), who may be distinct from the core insurgents and the recognized government.

Several Regional integration efforts have effectively promoted intergovernmental cooperation and reduced the possibility of regional armed conflict.

Several other village militias, which together became known as the resistance, armed by the PNG defence forces, forced the BRA out of their areas.

Several anti-German demonstrations took place, and armed Resistance members appeared openly.

Several ' blind spots ' that were not corrected during the initial design phase of the facility led to escapes by inmates, including Russell ' Mad Dog ' Cox, an armed robber and hostage-taker, who escaped after cutting through a bar on the roof of one of the exercise yards.

: Several different armed forces training together are called having a joint exercise.

Several armed DFO fisheries patrol vessels, along with Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Navy support, intercepted and pursued the Estai, which cut its weighted trawl net and fled after an initial boarding attempt, resulting in a chase which stretched over several hours and ended only after the Canadian Fisheries Patrol vessel Cape Roger fired a. 50 calibre ( 12. 7 mm ) machine gun across the bow of the Estai.

Several of theses objectives stem from a belief in that the Colombian government should protect Colombian society from the effects of terrorism and the illegal drug trade, and in turn society as a whole should have a more active and comprehensive role in the government's struggle against illegal armed groups such as the FARC and ELN guerrillas or the paramilitary AUC, in order to ensure the defense and continued existence of the opportunity for both leftwing and rightwing political parties to engage in free and open debate, along with all the other aspects of democratic life.

Several of Dr. Sweet ’ s friends were waiting upstairs, armed with guns that Sweet had purchased prior to moving in.

Several months into his tenure, Jean Charles de Menezes was shot and killed by armed police who mistakenly believed he was a suicide bomber.

Several rationales have been suggested for the coup, including: anger at the government for not implementing the November 1996 peace agreement with the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ), perceived ethnic discrimination in the appointment of the highest ranks of government, perceived financial neglect of the armed forces, and favoritism for the ethnic Mende Kamajors led by Samuel Hinga Norman.

Several were put down by armed force and leaders banished.

Several men named William Morgan appear in the Virginia militia rolls, but none held the rank of captain.

Several units that are now part of the TA bear the title " militia ", reflecting their origins as part of that organisation prior to the formation of the TA.

Several hundred Paxtonians marched on Philadelphia in January 1764, where the presence of British troops and Philadelphia militia prevented them from doing more violence.

Several prominent citizens – including Governor George Clinton ; General Baron von Steuben, and John Jay – participated in the ranks of the militia protecting the doctors at the jail.

Several alleged Vichy loyalists involved in the Milice ( a paramilitary militia ) — which was established by Sturmbannführer Joseph Darnand who hunted the Resistance with the Gestapo — were made prisoners in a post-liberation purge known as the Épuration légale ( Legal purge ).

Several of the locals did, however, supply axes to the Texian militia.

Several militia officers were arrested in 2010 for allegedly torturing detainees.

Several hundred Yamasee warriors attacked the 240 or so members of the militia.

Several of the dialects have been influenced by contact with non-Germanic linguistic groups, such as the dialect of Carinthia, where in the past many speakers were bilingual with Slovene, and the dialect of Vienna, which has been influenced by immigration during the Austro-Hungarian period, particularly from what is today the Czech Republic.

Several groups succeeded this performance, among which was that of Daedalus and Icarus, the most celebrated work of his noviciate.

Several groups, most notably the Troth have organized clergy programs.

Several groups that have continued to call themselves Theodish.

Several public interest groups, including the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin ( COICA ) and the Coalition for Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment ( Amazon Coalition ) objected.

Several Evangelical groups reject the practice so as not to be identified with charismatic and Pentecostal groups, which practice it widely.

Several groups were established before the congress, which either opposed the Stalinist leadership ( the Ryutin Group ) or opposed socio-economic policies of the Stalinist leadership ( the Syrtsov – Lominandze Group, Eismont – Tolmachev Group and the group headed by Alexander Petrovich Smirnov amongst others ).

Several groups claim that the military base on Diego Garcia has been used by the US government for transport of prisoners involved in the controversial extraordinary rendition program, an allegation formally reported to the Council of Europe in June 2007.

" Several user groups have rated the game positively.

Several of them gained their positions through the patronage of Yasser Arafat, who balanced above the different factions, and the era after his death in 2004 has seen increased infighting among these groups, who jockey for influence over future development, the political line, funds, and constituencies.

Several groups sprang up, such as " Save Fenway Park " to try to block the move.

Several national expert groups came to the same result ; on top of all two international expert groups have in full detail evaluated the available data and finally concluded that any food at any dose is wholesome and safe to consume as long as it remains palatable and maintains its technical properties.

Several groups developed operating systems for the architecture, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and UNIX variants such as HP-UX, Solaris,

Several Palestinians were killed by vigilante groups including some with links to the royal family.

Several incarnations of political groups promoting lesbian issues have evolved ; 13 lesbian organizations were active in Mexico City in 1997.

Several industry groups also recognize light pollution as an important issue.

Several later Revelation Space novels add additional details of history of groups and characters on Mars.

The first synthesis by Marshall D. Gates, Jr. in 1952 is considered a classic in the field .. Several other syntheses were reported, notably by the research groups of Rice, Evans, Fuchs, Parker, Overman, Mulzer-Trauner, White, Taber, Trost, Fukuyama, Guillou and Stork.

Several other insect groups appeared during the Permian, including the Coleoptera ( beetles ) and Hemiptera ( true bugs ).

Several nontrinitarian religious groups also oppose infant baptism, including Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Community of Christ.

: Several protein residues can be methylated, most notably the positive groups of lysine and arginine.

Several other groups of bacteria use the bacteriochlorophyll pigments ( similar to the chlorophylls ) for photosynthesis.