Sentence examples for commanded less from inspiring English sources

It never commanded less than 30 seats, with one exception (1999).

While the Panchen Lama commanded less reverence than the Dalai Lama, he was nonetheless deeply respected by Tibetans.

The anointed heir, Xi Jinping, commanded less attention than former general secretary Jiang Zemin, seated next to current leader Hu Jintao.

When John Ashcroft, in full quiver, told Congress that the country was dotted with Al Qaeda sleeper cells "waiting to strike again," he commanded less media attention than Ted Williams's corpse.

The prime minister's deal has no special magic over and above the rest – the awful, difficult truth is her deal has commanded less support than the deals we have been looking at this evening.

Though he was often mocked here in the past as a serial election loser and has commanded less respect for his dovish political views at home than abroad, Mr. Peres is basking in more power and public acceptance than ever before.

And vast international experience in the past often commands less leverage overseas than does economic clout in the present.

It commands less than 10% of the audience (partly because it is free-to-air only in Caracas and Valencia).

"Big", of course, is relative: Likud, it seems, will command less than a quarter of the Knesset seats.

Parties (and whips) are indispensable for the organised conduct of politics, but they will necessarily command less political territory than in the past.

In fact, Google and Facebook combined probably command less than 25% of the total time spent by the average US mobile consumer.