Sentence examples for lesser command from inspiring English sources
And when the officer's supervisor objected to making the change, Chief Devlin had the supervisor transferred to a lesser command, according to the lawsuit.
Gen Amjad has been given a lesser command of the army corps in Multan and will be replaced by Lieutenant-General Khalid Maqbool, a senior corps commander.
Although nominally a lesser command, it would be the spearhead of the Australian Army in subsequent operations.
"This is a massive operation to really squeeze in the Breadbasket what we think is a major Al Qaeda logistics site, and to a lesser degree command-and-control operations," General Hertling said shortly before it started.
Yet how can I deny myself that dearly purchased, richly deserved pleasure?¹ There's no dodging it: by its very function, a wine cellar perpetually puts one in a moral fix, because the matured premier crus and lesser châteaux will command staggering prices on the open market…to get around which is why one built the cellar in the first place.
Even lesser, more specific initiatives command a reverence out of proportion with actual facts.
The Parashots, a forerunner of the Home Guard, set up a command post at Lesser Hampden in 1940.
MacDiarmid is rightly cited as the sun around which the lesser planets revolved, and MacCaig commands a special affection on account of his wit and geniality, but Morgan was unrivalled in his formal invention, linguistic resourcefulness and – not the least of his qualities – his sense of fun.
Also, two admirals have been put on leave, a Navy captain transferred to a lesser job, and another captain relieved of command of his ship.
That leaves Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and to a lesser extent Missouri and North Carolina, as the states probable to command the most attention and resources as candidates turn toward the finish line.
Vampires can command the dead, summon storms, control lesser animals like bats and wolves, and barring certain interventions with stakes or sunlight live forever.
