Sentence examples for commands not only from inspiring English sources

He told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chicago: "In my first words as Pres. of all the people, I acknowledged a power higher than the people, who commands not only righteousness but love, not only justice but mercy..

That means Echo users could then text anyone using voice commands, not only other Echo owners.

In addition, this new technology could be used to improve energy efficiency in the traffic operation, due to its capability to update the ATO (Automatic Train Operation) driving commands not only at stations but also along the journey.

He's also an electric presence, commanding not only the ice but also the audience.

With a touch of perversity, Roosevelt encouraged parallel lines of command, not only between departments, but within them.

If only Boy George (real name George O'Dowd) would obey its command, not only for the duration of his flight but indefinitely.

They also charge that security forces under his command not only expelled uncounted civilians and killed several thousand, but ordered all traces of possible war crimes removed.

Jaime Phillips, a female artillery officer who commanded not only Canadian men but also male American and Afghan combat troops in Afghanistan, said the topic did not enter conversation anymore.

It was the textiles industry more than any other that illustrated Britain's dependence on international trade, a trade that it commanded not only through the volume of its imports and of its manufacturing output but also through the strength of its banking and other financial institutions, as well as the extent of its shipping industry.

By his astute leadership and gallant devotion to duty, he enabled his men, despite severe losses, to cling tenaciously to their position on the vital ridge, thereby retaining command not only of the Guadalcanal airfield, but also of the 1st Division's entire offensive installations in the surrounding area.

Simpson (1990, 64), for example, points out that the adoption of modulated indicative clauses to realize commands can not only help maintain the social relationship, but also lead to a favourable evaluation of the 'personality' of the writer/speaker by the addressee.