Sentence examples for command from above from inspiring English sources
Do we gradually not turn into silent slaves, ready to carry out any abomination on command from "above"?
In his view, successful disaster response occurs not through command from above but through loose networks of formal organizations and informal professions that maintain broad agreement about shared goals and responsibilities.
He respects the ability of state and local governments to meet those standards, rejects the old ways of command and control from above".
The killers, carrying out orders that reached them through a chain of commands from above, speak of a deep remorse that Mr. Nuon Chea seems not to have experienced.
But in East Timor, the rogue military groups were clearly better organized and commanded from above.
An S.S. man who shot hundreds of Jews in the head or gassed thousands with Zyklon B was, by this account, not committing murder so long as he was acting on commands from above.
"It is a dictate from above: If we command it, thou shalt have sex with underage women".
This allows the system to self-organise into locally smart units or microsystems, where the people with the most relevant information (i.e. most direct access to relevant feedback) are empowered to make local decisions informed by the global guidance (i.e. command intent) from above.
It opens with a suspended figure descending from above, touching down with perfect placement; indeed throughout the evening, the dancers' prodigious command and affectless efficiency make them look superhuman, like gods or androids from some higher plane.
When he is filmed from above, twisting in the wind with a yawning gap below, some viewers' stomachs may command them to avert their eyes.
