He built it into the most active and effective political force in the family of the trade union movement.

The Army, which faces greater budget cuts than the other services, began planning to cut its active force from 764,000 now to 630,000 by 1995.

The most active force in this operation was the security services.

The School has been an active force in social change.

It has not been an active controlling force upon the minds of men.

They believe that the holy spirit is God's power or "active force" rather than a person.

He has also been an active force in experimental collaboration within the fine art world.

I simply hoped that all the active political forces would participate in the election.

She has been a very active force in bringing forward some of the proposals that are being discussed here today.

The quality of recruits in the active forces is the overall highest.