Sentence examples for command to prevent from inspiring English sources

The death of the son necessitated the death of the father, and thus Parmenion, who had been charged with guarding the treasury at Ecbatana, was assassinated at Alexander's command, to prevent attempts at vengeance.

The Taguba report concludes that several soldiers committed egregious acts and grave breaches of international law at Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca, and that senior leaders failed to comply with policies and commands to prevent abuses at the two prisons between August 2003 and February 2004.

A diver from the Navy helicopter hovering above attached a sea anchor to the Command Module to prevent it from drifting.

Close the command prompt to prevent the folders from reopening.

After unlocking a hard drive in MS-DOS, type "Lock ?:" in the command prompt to prevent access to the drive after you use it.

Lieutenant C. W. Macfarlane, the second-in-command, had to prevent his troops from bayoneting the other prisoners.

Seven thousand troops were to remain east of the Hudson under the command of Charles Lee to prevent a British invasion of New England; General William Heath with 3,000 men was to guard the Hudson Highlands to prevent any further British advance north, and Washington with 2,000 men was to go to Fort Lee.

In a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon, Boxer said her greatest disappointments centered around failing to pass climate change legislation, coming up short on legislation to take military sexual assault cases out of the chain of command and failing to prevent the U.S. from going to war in Iraq.

The latter ship heaved to when commanded, but manoeuvred to prevent Dundee from boarding her and then fired two torpedoes which missed.

If both agencies arrive or are needed at an incident, then the mayor's protocols determining who is in command will be used to prevent conflict.

Most of the pilots interviewed for this article recalled incidents when they let young co-pilots take the controls — a common practice in America and Europe to give inexperienced pilots a chance to learn — but then had to seize back command of the aircraft to prevent a disaster.