Sentence examples for effectively commanded from inspiring English sources

He had contended throughout the trial that Peter Gotti was merely a retired city sanitation worker -- blinded in one eye and living on a disability pension since he fell off a garbage truck in 1979 -- and was "a dope," not smart enough to have effectively commanded the complex criminal enterprises of the Gambinos.

The expedition was nominally led by the 18-year-old Navarrese king Henry d'Albret, whose kingdom had been invaded by Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1512, but the army was effectively commanded by André de Foix and funded and equipped by the French.

With several major commanders dead or incapacitated, the Prussian king proved incapable of effectively commanding the army, which began to quickly disintegrate.

Georgia's armed forces, the assessment found, lack "the doctrine, institutional training and the experience needed to effectively command and control organizations throughout the chain of command".

By this time, it was 1944 and he was effectively commanding a squadron which became known as the "eyes of the 14th army".

Instead, it merely has a plan for a plan for a plan, effectively commanding Congress to continue fighting over budget priorities through the 2012 elections.

"We always knew there would be a point where the effectiveness of the government forces would decline to the point where they could not effectively command and control their forces," said the diplomat, who was granted anonymity to discuss confidential details of the battle inside Tripoli.

A leaked United Nations document says Rwanda's defence minister is effectively commanding the rebellion.

Rwanda's defence minister is effectively commanding a rebellion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say.

In the world of first-person shooters, sports games and strategy games, players could effectively command the computer to complete in-game tasks, as the computer would be able to understand commands through a headset due to advances in voice recognition accuracy.

Lion lost speed, causing her to fall behind the rest of the battleline, and Beatty was unable to effectively command his ships for the remainder of the engagement.