Sentence examples for command grant from inspiring English sources

Fortunately for the thousands of Jews who lived in the territory under his command, Grant was soon distracted.

Taking command, Grant arrived in Chattanooga by horseback, devising plans to resupply the city and break the siege.

He sought outside help, and in early 2000 he found it, bringing in Roger Farah as his second-in-command and granting him remarkably wide latitude, at least in the financial realm.

It's perhaps a stretch to think the director would ever command the affection granted the creator of Pippi Longstocking, but Bergman Week attempts to promote a richer idea of the director's body of work to Swedish audiences "who like Fannyand Alexander but are put off by his more demanding work".

Agrawal et al. [1] describe an approach to transform RDBMSs into privacy-aware DBMSs, which relies on a language that supports the specification of grant commands at cell level.

Promoted to the substantive rank of group captain on 1 January 1953, Eaton was granted command of RAF Ta'Kali when the wing transferred there from Hal Far in June.

Meanwhile, the Vulcan High Command is dissolved, granting Earth greater autonomy, and the katra of Surak is transferred to a Vulcan high priest.

After some effort, Trenchard persuaded his Commanding Officer to grant him three months of paid leave so that he might train as a pilot.

Arnold asked for a transfer to Washington's command, which Gates granted, but instead of leaving he remained in his tent.

When Gen. Henry Halleck temporarily removed Grant from command after Shiloh in April 1862, Gen. John McClernand was among his subordinates signing a Grant-supportive testament.

With Grant in command, Lincoln felt the Union Army could relentlessly pursue a series of coordinated offensives in multiple theaters, and have a top commander who agreed on the use of black troops.