Sentence examples for if he commanded from inspiring English sources

But if he was taken aback by the snobbery and coolness that awaited him at Whitehall, he made sure to conceal his uneasiness, acting as if he commanded an almost omnipotent power: world Jewry.

"What if he commanded the computer to draw only a few surfaces at a time, the way one would put blinders on a horse?" The effect was a world with no floors or ceilings, but vivid walls and fast-paced action.

This means that 'if God declared lying to be right, it would be right, and if He commanded it, none could gainsay Him' (The Theology of al-Ash'ari, 169-70).

He tells me that if he commanded it, his dog would tear out my throat before I could count to three.

If the first is chosen, it would imply that whatever God commands must be good: even if he commanded someone to inflict suffering, then inflicting suffering must be moral.

The parallel turn to God puts our actions under his command;  if he commands a violation of human rights, then so be it.

Even if he commands his own New Democracy party, the PanHellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) has dramatically lost support and is divided under its leader, Evangelos Venizelos.

Yet if he commands locker-room loyalty, JC remains the subject of suspicion among fans, many of whom regard him as synonymous with Pardew's widely detested regime.

I figured that this Belzebuub guy must be a compelling character if he commands such secrecy, so I looked up his website.

If he commands you to do something absolutely impossible, like videotape someone's mind, then you can ask him, "if I asked you to do that, would you?" If he says yes, prompt him to.

Nonetheless, 14 years later Grant absurdly conjectured that if he had commanded Hood's nearly bankrupt army, "I would have gone to Louisville and on north until I came to Chicago".