Sentence examples for are unable to command from inspiring English sources

She said she found her leader "decent, principled and kind", but added: "However, it is increasingly clear that your position is untenable and that you are unable to command the support of the shadow cabinet, the parliamentary Labour party, and most importantly the country".

High for the patients, and high for the institutions involved: Lawsuits can be triggered as easily by simple unkindness as by bona fide medical mistakes; institutions have a hard time growing when they are unable to command patient (or employee) loyalty.

"However, it is increasingly clear that your position is untenable and that you are unable to command the support of the Shadow Cabinet... and more importantly, the country".

One of the youngest tank commanders in the British Army, he was unable to command his tank through the cupola without standing on something and the only apparatus to hand were 2 boxes of ammunition.

I could concentrate to assemble the complex plastic toys brought by Santa as you were unable to command my attention.

Accepting that Corbyn will be re-elected as leader, Beattie thought he would be "unable to command the support of the majority of MPs".

And attractive prostitutes were unable to command higher fees.By chance, the authors were able to study the effects of a demand shock.

The opposition will hope to show, when parliament reconvenes on January 20th, that the new prime minister is unable to command even a simple majority.

As the Press Association reports, he said that when the government of the day was unable to command a Commons majority, the constitutional convention was that the opposition should be invited to form an administration.

A divided Parliament voted recently against leaving the E.U. without an exit agreement — a "hard" Brexit — even though the prime minister has been unable to command a majority for any such exit agreement.

Glavine, who has pitched with a sore shoulder for most of the season and who bruised his thumb fielding a ground ball in his last start, was unable to command Lance Barskdale's tight strike zone last night.