Sentence examples for has failed to command from inspiring English sources

Mata, 25, has failed to command a regular starting place at Chelsea under manager Jose Mourinho.

Cole, 33, has failed to command a regular spot for the Blues this season, while facing pressure from Everton's Leighton Baines for his England shirt.

The 2013 British and Irish Lion, who has 37 Wales caps, has failed to command a first-team place in Paris.

Hook has played 77 times for Wales, but has failed to command a place in the team since the 2011 World Cup when Gatland's side were beaten semi-finalists.

He scored 32 goals for the Blues and made more than 130 appearances but has failed to command a regular starting place under Jose Mourinho, who returned to Chelsea last summer for a second spell as manager.

In the possible world in which God issues a command to φ, there is a moral state of affairs its being obligatory to φ which lacks a justification (for the action is subsumed under no other divine command) and is not necessary (for God might have failed to command the action).

Their joint appearance laid the groundwork for a speech to the nation by Mr. Obama on Monday night, as the administration tries to answer critics in Congress and elsewhere who say that the president has failed to explain the scope, command structure and objective of the mission.

After a largely peaceful election, Timor-Leste has failed to produce a government that commands the loyalty of Fretilin, the party that formed the outgoing government.

It does not help, either, that Syria's political opposition has failed to unite enough to create a coherent command structure or plan.

Windows 8 is the first Microsoft operating system primarily designed for touch commands, but it has failed to capture consumers' imaginations or make a dent in a tablet market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics.

Others are concerned by the interior minister, Nasser Yusuf, who has failed to bring the security forces under one chain of command, contributing to a growing sense of lawlessness.