Sentence examples for chance to command from inspiring English sources

At the Commander in Chief Forum, Hillary Clinton, the first woman with a chance to command our military, firmly and calmly stood her ground under hostile questioning, saying the most important quality in a commander in chief was to be "rock steady," and she was.

Yet Corbyn, like Cameron, missed a chance to command the house.

Joe Hart's decision to turn down Sunderland last month has offered a potential successor as England's No1 goalkeeper a long‑awaited chance to command centre stage.

12 October Back in the early nineties, the XCOM turn-based strategy games gave players the chance to command a secret government agency against alien attacks.

For Schrader, Exorcist: The Beginning offered the chance to command a $40m movie while simultaneously exploring his own tortured vision of religious faith.

Mr Bush's last chance to command the national spotlight may come as soon as the state-of-the-union address on January 28th.And, with his power ebbing, he faces a mountain of problems at home and abroad.

Giving Frémont a second chance, Lincoln approved his appointment to command the strategically important Mountain Department, overseeing the mountainous region surrounding the Virginia and Kentucky border.

She gave Clijsters a chance to take command in the second set after she hit into the net.

Mondesi walked to load the bases, and with no outs, the Yankees had a chance to take command.

But this season, bittersweet though the reality might be, has been Chan's chance to take command, and he has done it by embracing the risks that rivals like Yevgeny Plushenko mocked him for avoiding.

WASHINGTON — President Obama, emboldened by his decisive re-election and lessons learned over four years in office, is looking to the renewal of budget talks with Republicans this week as a second chance to take command of the nation's policy debates and finally fulfill his promise to end gridlock in Washington, associates say.