Sentence examples for of the individual commanders from inspiring English sources
"Maybe it's the fear of the individual commanders.
Previous Indian governments had been weakened by two disintegrating tendencies characteristic of premodern states one of armies being split up into the private forces of individual commanders and the other of provincial governors becoming hereditary local rulers.
But expansion put great power in the hands of individual commanders.
The decision of the Defense Department not to scapegoat individual commanders for the terrorist attack on the destroyer Cole is clearly the proper one (news article, Jan . 20.
"He didn't go to our reunions at the peace table in Caguán," he said, adding that "he traveled there, but he would have separate meetings with individual commanders" of the rebels.
But individual commanders can interfere in the affairs of neighbouring countries, intimidating them in ways that can then be denied.
This would involve expanding 22 Regiment SAS by 5-10% – which army commanders say would be difficult without seriously reducing the quality of the individual SAS trooper and his training.
It elevates an individual commander's discretion over the rule of law.
In other parts of the country, individual military commanders will be free to do the same, according to their own assessments.
A secondary problem was the desire of the commanders of individual volunteer units who wished to retain the greater independence their units currently possessed, rather than placing themselves under the control of other bodies.
