Sentence examples for but does not command from inspiring English sources

General Wiranto has many supporters in the military but does not command any troops.

A would-be Jolly successor introduced in the late 1960s, the Fiat Michelotti Shellette, is rare — just 10 are estimated to remain of the 80 built — but does not command the attention or prices of the earlier cars.

Mr. Djindjic, as prime minister of Serbia, the larger of the two republics that make up Yugoslavia, has control of the police forces in Serbia, but does not command the army, which is a Yugoslav institution and answers to President Kostunica.

His vice-president and handpicked successor, Mr Maduro, has pledged to continue his policies but does not command the same support enjoyed by Mr Chavez.

The first is that holding that obligation is a matter of divine command rather than divine will makes possible a distinction between the obligatory and the supererogatory: we can say that while God's commands somehow makes certain acts obligatory, if God does will that we perform some act but does not command it, performing that act is supererogatory.

In those gospels, Christ directs us to harshly judge our own sins, but does not command us to go out into the world and judge those we think are sinners, to change people or to push people away.

This criticism is extended to Renaissance alchemy, magic, and astrology (Temporis partus masculus), because the 'methods' of these 'disciplines' are based on occasional insights, but do not command strategies to reproduce the natural effects under investigation.

Johnson is a versatile scorer, with some occasional flash, but he does not command the spotlight the way that, say, Carmelo Anthony does.

The younger Haqqani has kept up a fierce militant campaign against American forces and the United States' allies in the Afghan government, but he does not command the loyalty and admiration that his father does.

The group MomsRising has jumped into the U.S. political debate, hosting video chats with senators and speaking on issues like health care and equal pay, but it does not command anything near the level of attention accorded to Mumsnet.

But he does not command the support of his party's younger leaders -- including the three Tajik interim ministers, who have declared their support for Mr. Karzai, and Mr. Massoud.