Sentence examples for government commanded from inspiring English sources

For all the Internet's vaunted connectivity, the Egyptian government commanded powerful instruments of control: it owns the pipelines that carry information across the country and out into the world.

In Beijing, four years ago, the government commanded its citizens to stop driving or firing up factories; it destroyed houses for highways and built the world's largest airport terminal with no debate.

For the descendants of Fletcher Christian and his rebellion against the martinet Commander Bligh, it will be little consolation that their identity will be extinguished by a government commanded by one Malcolm Bligh Turnbull, named in honour of the controversial captain.

Broadly, the Americans seek a strong and relatively centralized Afghan government commanding a large army that can control its territory.

His government commands only a minority in parliament, and has seen its popularity undermined badly by sleaze allegations and a weak economy.

Since the government commands an overwhelming majority in parliament, the opposition seems to think it is better off pursuing its grievances at the NCCC than in the chamber.

But the chances of influencing that legislation are negligible because the government commands a whipped majority at every stage of a bill's passage through the commons.

They can see the political and military balance is swinging against them just as they are faced by Mr Maliki's rejuvenated Iraqi government commanding the increasingly confident 600,000-strong Iraqi security forces.

The focus of operations is on the civilian population: isolating residents from insurgents, providing security, building a police force, and allowing political and economic development to take place so that the government commands the allegiance of its citizens.

The government commands the support of only 59 of the 120 members of the Israeli parliament and may lose another far-right party from the ruling coalition in the coming months if it begins the Gaza pullout.

"The Governor-General offered to leave office early to avoid any perception of bias but due to the fact that she will retire in March next year and that the government commands the House of Representatives with a significant margin, I have thanked her for her magnanimity but declined to accept, instead asking that she conclude her full term," the Prime Minister said.