Sentence examples for commanded as many from inspiring English sources

Despite his small stature, it is suggested that he had commanded as many as 20,000 fighters and provided refuge for Afghani Taliban members after the 2001 U.S. invasion.

The change would reduce the manpower necessary to operate them, enabling a single launch crew to command as many as fifty missiles.

A top official of the anti-Taliban alliance based in northern Afghanistan said today that dozens of senior Taliban officers commanding as many as 10,000 troops might be willing to switch loyalties, some of them based in key provinces.

Once the training gets underway, the Pentagon anticipates that an initial cohort of Syrian proxy units will take the better part of a year to field, and will total approximately 5,000 fighters, against an Isis force that may command as many as 31,000.

Repeat this "start" command as many times as you'd like - your "virus" will open a window for every time you repeat this command.

Skateboarding dogs may not command as many viewers as Breaking Bad - but that doesn't mean Dailymotion is going to abandon user-generated content to pursue premium content rights.

But it was the other one who might command as much, if not more, respect among many Africans today.

A career open to talent allowed an ordinary tribesman to rise to the command of as many as 10,000 men.

In every tank there was at least one radio and in some command tanks as many as three.

The surprise changes in command came as many critics of the government accused the armed forces of protecting Vladimiro Montesinos, the former intelligence aide, whose whereabouts have been secret since he landed at an air force base in the port of Pisco on Monday morning.

Nansouty's command included as many as five regiments, after the 6th and 8th Hussars were attached to his force.