The opposition will hope to show, when parliament reconvenes on January 20th, that the new prime minister is unable to command even a simple majority.
And in normally strong prime minister systems, exceptional political conditions may occur (e.g., when the government is unable to command a majority or when the government is deeply unpopular) that reduce the usual power of the holder of the office.
I could concentrate to assemble the complex plastic toys brought by Santa as you were unable to command my attention.
Accepting that Corbyn will be re-elected as leader, Beattie thought he would be "unable to command the support of the majority of MPs".
And attractive prostitutes were unable to command higher fees.By chance, the authors were able to study the effects of a demand shock.
Glavine, who has pitched with a sore shoulder for most of the season and who bruised his thumb fielding a ground ball in his last start, was unable to command Lance Barskdale's tight strike zone last night.
But they also gave Britain the sort of global influence that it had not enjoyed, perhaps since the days of Churchill, and – for all Tony Blair's ambitions – has been unable to command since.
The Labour party wasn't the only one preparing for a hung parliament, with most polls suggesting Labour would pick up an extra 30 seats south of Hadrian's wall, and that the Tories would be unable to command the support of the House of Commons, even with the 25 to 30 Liberal Democrats expected to survive.
She said she found her leader "decent, principled and kind", but added: "However, it is increasingly clear that your position is untenable and that you are unable to command the support of the shadow cabinet, the parliamentary Labour party, and most importantly the country".
Even in these circumstances, however, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru, Wales's nationalist party, were unable to command anything near a majority of votes (the SNP's reached 22% of the vote in 1997 and Plaid Cymru a mere 10%).
Unlike Barr, Prychynenko, who is of Ukranian descent, was unable to command a regular place and made only four appearances this season.
