Keeps his own small army in the field, most of the year.

"You need the Government to keep the army under civilian control."

The Bush administration did not just discuss keeping the old army.

It was tea that kept the army on its feet.

It will be better if I keep my army here.

This money was absolutely necessary to keep the very expensive army together with which he hoped to win the war.

She'd wanted to keep the army out of it as much as possible.

No one had planned properly for the occupation of Iraq and how to keep its army.

That's little consolation to Iraq, however, which must still keep its army on alert.

No object of any kind was to be gained by keeping the army in or near the captured city.