The force expanded by 1,400 officers, to 8,300, in three years.

Since then, the force has expanded drastically, operating with about 84 members.

Some strange force in the room was expanding, squeezing the air out.

The force has been expanding since 2006 to deal with the Maoist insurgency.

The shift to commercial standards will also mean that our armed forces could expand more quickly in an emergency.

The force expanded by 1757 to 40 companies of 65 men scattered across the various settlements in New France.

The force expanded over the next two decades.

An outraged force had been expanding in George's chest.

It is not clear exactly how many troops would be needed if the force expands.

But tough licensing is not enough when social and economic forces expand the trade in illegal guns as a deadly side effect of drug traffic.