Sentence examples for command a major from inspiring English sources

Politicians are written about with contempt, especially leftwing ones – and none more so than Jeremy Corbyn, the least militaristic person since the 30s to command a major British party.

The next in command, a Major Delas, was badly wounded, leaving no one in overall command of the 38th Regiment.

Burgoyne, seeking to command a major force, proposed to isolate New England by an invasion from Quebec into New York.

Others say they are just as happy not to waste valuable argument time on distinctive positions unlikely to command a majority in major cases.

Mr. Hodges is not up for re-election this year, but is commanding a major campaign for a November referendum to create a lottery in the state that would provide more money for education.

The founder and CEO of sales and marketing software giant Salesforce.com Inc., Benioff has commanded a major presence in Silicon Valley since emerging as a hotshot salesman at Oracle Corp. in the 1980s.

The digital assault, launched from Ft. Meade in Maryland, marked the first major integration of U.S. Cyber Command into a major battlefield operation since the command was established in 2009.

His first action in command of a major independent force, however, was disastrous.

A few weeks later the Israeli Defense Forces and the U.S. European Command conducted a major joint exercise testing interoperability of combat systems that might be used in a showdown with Iran.

He established his headquarters aboard the attack transport (APA) on the Brisbane River and set about building up his small training command into a major amphibious force capable of carrying out the strategy of the Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), General Douglas MacArthur, for an amphibious advance from Australia to the Philippines.

Commanded by a major with a captain as the second in command, a squadron had 158 men, six officers, a squadron sergeant major, a squadron quartermaster sergeant, eight sergeants, two trumpeters, six artificers, and 134 other ranks.