Britain , which maintained the second-largest contingent of soldiers in the country , lost 179 troops during the conflict .
在伊拉克士兵队伍总数保持第二位的英国，在战争中丧失了179支军队。
What is more , hong kong has a contingent of high-quality civil servants , large numbers of successful entrepreneurs and an array of professional talents .
尤其重要的是，香港有一支素质较高的公务员队伍，有一大批成功的企业家和各行各业的优秀人才。
In the latest print edition , the economist reports on his latest ploy to render irrelevant the newly elected legislature with its large opposition contingent .
在经济学人最新的印刷版，我们报道了他最新的伎俩使得拥有大量反对党队伍的新选举的立法机关形同虚设。
The european union 's police training mission , always inadequate , is struggling to find staff to increase its contingent from about 200 to 400 .
欧盟通常不足的警察训练任务正艰难地寻求人手来扩充其200人左右的教官队伍至400人。
History is contingent , the authors apologise , but history is what they hope to explain .
