Sentence examples for leader command from inspiring English sources

Putin, for all of his popularity, is constrained: he cannot, any more than any other contemporary leader, command the economy.

It will be even less defensible should Mr Brown or a future Labour leader command an overall majority in Britain, but not in England.

Which future national leader commanded the military units?

However, thousands of CDC supporters did as their leader commanded and stayed at home.

Never before has a leader commanded so many votes from the selectorate and such scant support among his parliamentary colleagues.

The Libyan leader commands loyalty in his hometown, Surt, whose location on a road that links eastern and western Libya is strategically important.

At this point in the Guardian's inquiries, a report written by the squadron leader commanding the 2nd squadron of the RAF Regiment was leaked.

In one lane, the chain of bodies skimming the surface had a strong link in the middle, the swimmer two behind the leader commanding the eye with her long, fluid strokes.

In a telephone interview last night after practice, Jenkins said he hopes to become a branch infantry platoon leader commanding a fire platoon of about 40 ground soldiers armed with rifles, carbines and machine guns.

Certainly, as a minister who accepted the royal prerogative, he represented the traditions of the Tory, or Court, Party, as distinct from those of the Whigs, who sought to dictate to the crown the choice of its servants; but he was far from being a great party leader commanding the votes of a majority in the House of Commons.

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