Sentence examples for alone command from inspiring English sources

The phrase "alone command" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of a command that is issued independently or without assistance, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The soldier was given the alone command to proceed with the mission."
Alternatives: "sole command" or "independent command".

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But they could no longer guide, let alone command, him.

Other residents of the guard-gated enclave, where vacant lots alone command eight-figure price tags, include Sylvester Stallone, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington and Eddie Murphy.

These conquests removed the threat of the once mighty Muslim Syrian fleets, effectively re-establishing Byzantine dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean, so that Nikephoros Phokas could boast to Liutprand of Cremona with the words "I alone command the sea".

Rather than grieve over the realization that we are not supermen, we ought to embrace the fact that by recognizing our own weakness, our finititude, we open ourselves to resonance with an infinite variety of other that we can never fully know let alone command.

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UP alone commands 80 seats in parliament.

In 1973, Labour alone commanded nearly 50 seats on its own.

Her independence turns out to be unassailable, and of all the characters, she alone commands respect as a right.

Fusion alone commands 31 percent of both the razor and replacement cartridge segments, considerably more than all Schick models combined.

Even in high-aid countries such as Uganda, gone are the days when money alone commands a seat at the table.

But the fascination of the evening is not about audience interaction; it's about what Spacey embodies alone, commanding us for the best part of two hours.

He alone commanded the respect of both the parties engendered by the struggle over ratification, and he alone would be able to give prestige to the republic throughout Europe.

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