Sentence examples for must command from inspiring English sources

In committees, amendments must command a majority to be approved.

On grounds of compassion alone, the Falconer bill must command our support.

Again, this must command confidence among those participating in the elections and the wider public.

Ms Spielman's lack of frontline classroom experience is a more salient concern, since she must command some confidence among teachers.

The House Republican leadership J. Dennis Hastert, a former Republican speaker of the House, decreed that any bill must command majority support among majority party members.

This approach is particularly undesirable for pensions, where painful long-term decisions, such as raising the state-pension age, must command a national consensus.

It must also command a majority there.

But any government must also command a majority in the Senate, a race that is decided by region.

The crisis did not appear in a flash that shocked the world's conscience; but it must now command the world's most urgent resolve.

For a war to be just, it must be commanded by someone in authority, there must be a just cause, and it must be carried on without disproportionate violence.

But standing five feet high, painted flame orange and sea-green, and snarling like a ravenous Muppet, it must have commanded all eyes.