The phrase "command respect for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone or something has earned or deserves respect. For example, "The CEO commands respect for her wisdom and dedication to her work."
He continues to command respect for his economic knowledge as a former finance minister and managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and his endorsement of another candidate will carry weight in the coming Socialist primary.
First, the efforts of EU institutions to command respect for common European rights reminds us that all rights, whatever their source, are only as meaningful as the legitimacy they enjoy and, ultimately, the force available to impose them.
Supposing exhibitions of designer clothing are the ideal way to command respect for a public figure, the nature of Diana's legacy is particularly vulnerable – as memories fade of her consistently astonishing behaviour – to being lost under a heap of jewelled Versace and fashion writer superlatives.
At a time of unseemly couplings between peach schnapps and Chambord, coconut milk and vodka when drinks swagger up and down the bar with names like Skip and Go Naked"–these venerable tipples command respect for their simplicity.
They could command respect, for the most part, but they could not generate affection.
The religion of "Great Compassion" and the sutras that command respect for all life is an ideology and way of life that gives all animal lovers, worldwide, something to chew on.
The incandescent electric light had been the despair of inventors for 50 years, but Edison's past achievements commanded respect for his boastful prophecy.
Brazil represents a clear alternative to the growing belief that, in farming, small and organic are beautiful.That alternative commands respect for three reasons.
The Germans could not quite get involved with their first Derby runner last week, but their overall record overseas in recent years commands respect for Nymphea (2.40).
Williams, Cook said, remains as humble as he was in high school, and that he commands respect for his basketball accomplishments and his disposition.
In the Kremlin, Mr. Nixon commands respect for his role in shaping relatively warm American-Soviet relations of the 1970's and for co-signing the arms-control treaties of 1972.
