Sentence examples for authorities to take command from inspiring English sources

Khan is banging the devolution drum at every opportunity, seeking further scope for City Hall and the capital's 33 local authorities to take command of the capital's destiny.

MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES As I have already mentioned, someone in the organization must have the authority to take command in a crisis.

Ferguson came forward to take command of the battalion.

Mott ordered Sharra to take command and organize a retreat.

On 21 June, Cornwallis arrived in Dublin to take command.

Strachan left Concorde in July 1794 to take command of HMS Melampus, and in August Captain Anthony Hunt took over command of Concorde.

Training is a key strategy of the Obama administration in helping the Afghan authorities to take eventual responsibility for their own security and thereby allow forces under the command of the United States and NATO to withdraw.

When he was in trouble, which was more often than not, the speech was also a way to command authority, to take back the platform.

Federal authorities today dispatched Ruben Garcia Jr., a high-ranking F.B.I. official in Washington, to effectively take command of the growing investigation in South Florida.

He has added a new layer of authority at the top, taken command of numerous committees, and now personally supervises overall government reform, finance, the overhaul of the armed forces and cyber-security.

He returned to Nauvoo and took command of the church.