Sentence examples for commanding positions in from inspiring English sources

I looked at the children of Charles Duquet's sons third generation Dukes who were now moving into commanding positions in the family timber company.

I looked at the children of Charles Duquet's sons — third generation Dukes — who were now moving into commanding positions in the family timber company.

Over time, these forces — whom Netanyahu has drawn into his coalition, and with whom he probably sympathizes but cannot easily control — have assumed commanding positions in the Likud Party, in key ministries, in the Army, and in the legal system.

Republicans do seem to have commanding positions in three of those seats, Virginia's Second, Pennsylvania's Fourth and New York's First; and an edge in another, the Sixth District in Missouri.

At the same time, he prospered in business; in 1860, he founded the Germania Life Insurance Company, which, by the time of his death, four decades later, occupied a commanding position in the trade.

Having occupied a commanding position in the Chinese e-commerce market as recently as 2004, eBay is now in the position of being a global Internet giant reaching out for local help to what is, by comparison, a small Internet player.

"But Hampshire's already commanding position in the game was due to all their seam bowlers gaining some swing and at times some seam movement out of an easy-paced pitch.

From the start, it was clear that bipartisan support would be essential to success in the war effort, and any manner of compromise alienated factions on both sides of the aisle, such as the appointment of Republicans and Democrats to command positions in the Union Army.

If Shiite paramilitary organizations are not incorporated into a new army -- with freshly minted Shiite officers in commanding positions -- it is unlikely that the new Iraq can survive.

An Israeli Army statement said that armor and infantry forces had "seized commanding positions around the city in Palestinian-controlled territory," and that "routes into the city have been blocked, and are under complete control of the Israel Defense Forces".

She is as quintessentially feminine as the room is unabashedly masculine, with its full-length portraits of ancient military heroes "standing in commanding positions," Dr. Hite notes, and presumably meant to inspire Britain's business leaders.