Sentence examples for commander to allow from inspiring English sources

Edith Piaf, who said in 1940 that "my real job is to sing, to sing no matter what happens", was willing to perform twice in Stalag III-D, a camp for French prisoners-of-war outside Berlin but on her first visit cleverly encouraged the camp commander to allow photographs to be taken of her with him and the POWs.

He was assigned to the headquarters of the Tactical Air Command, where he persuaded the commander to allow him and some other officers to fly a combat tour in Korea, where the war had been fought since June 1950.

It took Mr. Barkhin nearly all of the last three years to persuade naval commanders to allow the party.

His supporters say he effectively mobilised voters, especially conservatives from his own Pashtun ethnic group, who struck deals with Taliban commanders to allow villagers to go to the polls and reluctantly let women cast their ballots in defiance of tradition.

Earlier in the day the country's powerful intelligence chief confirmed that the government had successfully struck deals with some Taliban commanders to allow voting to go ahead, as revealed by the Guardian last week.

Whilst their presence was not threatening when we passed with our band of porters (they had received instruction from their commanders to allow us free passage) the real negotiations were to ensure the porters had free passage on their return journey after the vaccinations were over.

Fearing U.S. troops would be sidelined, he convinced British commanders to allow them to continue fighting through to the end of the Tunisia Campaign before leaving on this new assignment.

That kind of war requires commanders to allow their sergeants and lieutenants maximum freedom to maneuver their 30- or 40-man platoons, operating miles and hours away from the command post.

Last autumn the IAEA's board of governors demanded that Iran put its programme in cold storage.Conservative sermonisers duly fulminated against the IAEA and America; hardline military commanders refused to allow agency inspectors into their bases.

Why then, I wondered, do its commanders refuse to allow independent wildlife observers aboard their vessels during the training exercises?

To make matters worse, when South Carolina militia units arrived in Georgia under the command of Colonel Andrew Williamson, their commander also refused to allow Howe to command that state's militia units.