Sentence examples for be unable to command from inspiring English sources

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

The Labour party wasn't the only one preparing for a hung parliament, with most polls suggesting Labour would pick up an extra 30 seats south of Hadrian's wall, and that the Tories would be unable to command the support of the House of Commons, even with the 25 to 30 Liberal Democrats expected to survive.

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.

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.

But they also gave Britain the sort of global influence that it had not enjoyed, perhaps since the days of Churchill, and – for all Tony Blair's ambitions – has been unable to command since.

Still, if certified seafood is unable to command a higher price from customers, the incentive for retailers is to adopt weaker rules, argues Rebecca Goldburg, director of the ocean science division at the Pew Environment Group.