"command confidence" is a valid phrase in written English.
It refers to the ability to confidently give commands or directives. Example: The new manager exuded command confidence as she confidently led her team through the busy season.
Again, this must command confidence among those participating in the elections and the wider public.
Bower has admitted that the CQC's initial "light-touch" regime did not work or command confidence.
That is why medical science, if it is to command confidence, must proceed cautiously and why scientists such as Birbaumer who have been studying assistive technologies all their life are so sceptical of the claims made by Emotiv and BrainControl.
But the second part of the test establishing a buffer big enough to allow banks to absorb those losses and command confidence without state support looks to have been fudged.
That could make it hard for his findings to command confidence.Lawyers for the Qatari bidding team say their client had no connection with their country's most powerful football administrator.
Sir Francis Richards, a career diplomat and former director of the GCHQ listening post, said he did not doubt Sir Malcolm's qualifications or ability to do the job but questioned whether he is "well-placed to command confidence".
As John Mollenkopf, the director of the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, put it recently, "There's a strong sense that we need a Colin Powell figure -- in command, confidence-generating, warm, good at soothing our cares and worries".
As the cabinet manual points out, commanding confidence is not the same as having a majority or winning every vote.
An open research system, where the public is meaningfully engaged, will deliver the best research and ensure it commands confidence and serves society's needs.
"It must be an appointment that commands confidence and attracts widespread approval if that person is to take the BBC forward," added Harman.
Other Hong Kongers said they regretted the sudden departure of a popular official who "would not go to the extreme" and commanded confidence abroad.
