With these as a nucleus of an army he had raced southward, sweeping the countryside for recruits and for mounts.

You have the nucleus of a real army.

They were the nucleus of a private army - the first such military force, so far as Valentine knew, organized on Majipoor since ancient times.

They controlled the navy, the nucleus of an army that was being organised for the Irish war, and nearly all the financial resources of the country.

It was described by the UDA as "the nucleus of a new loyalist army at the ready".

"They will be the nucleus of a post-liberation army."

With further Vietnamese tutelage, these Khmer units became the nucleus of a national army.

The forest was giving up its units till they seemed like the nucleus of an army.

If we stay together and form the nucleus of an army, then we stand a chance to defend ourselves and make a great mark.

But if this idea should materialize, becoming the nucleus of a real European army, it could benefit U.S. security.