Sentence examples for a commanding place in from inspiring English sources

It was his leadership of the country through six years of war and three years of postwar reconstruction that gave King a commanding place in Canadian history.

What's much clearer is that the fall of Bo, who attempted to use his left-leaning Chongqing administration to secure a commanding place in the party's Beijing leadership, has been seized on to change China's political direction.

He holds a commanding position in an intellectual insurgency challenging the dominant economic orthodoxy.

Jean Paul Gaultier has all the tools to carve out a commanding position in fashion's new order.

Gorkha Patra, published by the government, occupies a commanding position in the Nepalese press.

With the Echo, Amazon has a commanding position in the market.

It's already in a commanding position in Germany and markets like the UK have been good to Qype.

And Roomba makes up 70percentt of that market, giving iRobot a commanding lead in the space.

Only a decade ago, Christian social conservatives were a commanding force in American politics.

By position and responsibility, he or she will take a commanding role in responding to emergency incidents.

He was a commanding figure in the classroom.