Sentence examples for command over which from inspiring English sources

What is needed is an independent inquiry with sufficient power to hold the mayor and the police commissioner accountable as the chief officers in a chain of command over which they clearly preside with fierce control.

Braddock's instructions only gave Shirley the vaguest command over Johnson, which was to later become a source of trouble.

What's at issue is self-restraint on the part of leaders and media figures who command a following over which they exert considerable influence, and whom they daily incite into a state of political fury.

Beyond that, on the right, was Chatterton's Hill, which commanded the plain over which the British would have to advance.

It stars John Wayne as Major Dan Kirby, who is brought in from the outside to take over a command for which the outfit's highest-ranking officer, Captain Carl Griffin (Robert Ryan), was deemed unfit.

The Seven C's of Control address areas of your life over which you have total command.

There is friction between the UN and some governments over who has ultimate command over peacekeeping troops, which has resulted in conflicting orders with disastrous consequences.

In these performances she really shows what she's made of: her musicianship as singer and pianist in a repertory of classic American tunes, the core of her cool attitude, her interaction with the band, and her command over an audience, which isn't something every singer is born with.

It will also improve and expand your vocabulary and thus your command over the language which is very important in today's world.

He seemed less like a visiting emissary than like a proconsul inspecting a vast operation over which he commanded much of the authority.

It may not command the political attention of oil — over which wars are waged — but iron ore ranks among the most important commodities in the world, the main ingredient in steel that goes into construction, bridges and ships.