Sentence examples for alternative command from inspiring English sources

Cao had turned his house in My Tho into a second headquarters, with a communications facility, so that it could serve as an alternative command post if disloyal subordinates should seize the main one.

But the upheaval was also a response to the weakness of an outworn administrative system which the presence of the army, a powerful alternative command structure, further undermined.The Mehsud militants, for example, have been led by veterans of Afghanistan's wars, such as Baitullah Mehsud, supreme leader of the Pakistani Taliban until he was killed by an American drone in August.

Brazil represents a clear alternative to the growing belief that, in farming, small and organic are beautiful.That alternative commands respect for three reasons.

The book, which has sold more hardcopies than its e-book alternative, commands so much real estate that it will crowd out a few old favorites when it takes a stand on your shelf.

The Sony remote is a mash-up of buttons and pads, with many buttons serving alternative commands along with a Fn button.

The quick is sometimes thought to be simple but that isn't always the case: a clue may simply say "draw", but that's a word whose alternative meanings command a whole column in any thesaurus.

This is an alternative installation command.

As an alternative, use Command Strips, or other sticky hooks that hold well.

Download an alternative voice-command app.

Can Ipso – or indeed any prospective alternative press regulator – command such confidence when a chorus of critics, victims and campaigners continually cries doom, deception, destruction?

Alternative crops cannot command the sort of prices even to farmers that opium does, especially after shortages led to historically high prices in 2012.