Sentence examples for command of the centre from inspiring English sources

Majorities, though, require what Clegg is failing to deliver: command of the centre.

When a hospital reaches crisis point and stories erupt about patients not being treated, will the commentariat still be gushing about Cameron's command of the centre ground?

He split his army into three divisions, with the left wing under the command of Gregory Pakourianos, the right wing under the command of Nikephoros Melissenos, and himself in command of the centre.

On 19 September 1777, in Stillwater, New York, Hamilton commanded 1,100 men of the centre column, consisting of the 9th, 20th, 21st, and 62nd Regiments of Foot, which attacked the heights at the Battle of Freeman's Farm.

During the Vichy French counterattack, Berryman was given command of the Australian forces in the centre of the position around Merdjayoun.

At the Battle of Fredericksburg he commanded the centre of Gen. Robert E. Lee's line but saw little action.

Yet whatever rotten tomatoes and Daily Mail headlines are thrown at the financiers, they still command the centre of our politics.

The coming contest will, of course, be a key test for Labour's new leader Jeremy Corbyn and a good indicator of whether the Tories are succeeding in their project to command the centre ground of British politics, rebranding themselves as the workers' party.

After the American defeat at the Battle of Queenston Heights, command of the U.S. Army of the Centre on the Niagara Frontier passed from Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer of the New York Militia to his second-in-command, Brigadier General Alexander Smyth of the Regular U.S. Army.

Meanwhile, Command of the Oceans, a new visitor centre at the Chatham Historic Dockyard by Baynes and Mitchell, was always an outsider, but the architects showed rare skill in the subtly of their intervention in the group of historic boat sheds.

The King commanded the centre of his army, with Alan of Brittany on his right and William of Aumale on his left.