Sentence examples for in command over from inspiring English sources

Indeed, part of what has kept the Party in command over the decades is its pairing of authoritarian imperative with adaptability — a willingness to evolve its mechanisms of control with the technology of the times.

Instead of simply incorporating tribal war bands into his following, as earlier steppe conquerors had done, Genghis reorganized his defeated foes into tens and hundreds and put his own men in command over each of the units.

Whatever his disposition, Captain Jamieson remained steadfast and in command over a tumultuous 36-hour stretch of Aug. 7 and 8, 1944, when he exposed himself to intense German fire defending a bridgehead over the River Orne in Normandy, south of Caen.

He organised a new expedition and placed his nephew Juan de Grijalva in command over his four ships.

The rest of the Polish forces were to start an all-out assault at 05:00 hours the following morning, with General Żeligowski in command over the ad-hoc corps.

Khan sometimes called out the name of his second-in-command over the radio to make sure that both ends of the patrol remained in touch.

Significant proportions of the WCI's revenues have gone to Margolies and the charity's second-in-command over several years.

Meanwhile, with the approval of MacDonald, Hughes departed on a long-planned leave to Singapore on 18 May, and Colonel Donald Dunstan, the task force second-in-command, took over as Commander 1 ATF on 20 May.

Prevost resigned from active duty, and Gwyn, as second-in-command, took over the regiment as acting commander.

With no clear second-in-command to take over leadership, the organization rapidly disintegrated.

Salva Kiir, the military man and his second-in-command, would take over the role of leading the country's largest ethnic group, the Dinka.