Sentence examples for only commanding from inspiring English sources

With Nicola Sturgeon only commanding 63 votes in Holyrood, two short of an overall majority, she has to win support from at least one other party to pass the budget or face calling a snap election.

So my generation of reporter-presenter would naturally want to present the Today programme or Newsnight or Question Time but those aren't the only commanding peaks anymore.

Those titans were planted in the Depression era by the Works Progress Administration, when Robert Moses was not only commanding armies of otherwise unemployed tree planters but also building an entire arboretum and a lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park for the 1939 World's Fair.

Weir was the only commanding officer from the 3rd Brigade to go forward of the first ridge, and a ridge running off the 400 plateau was subsequently known as "Weir Ridge".

The risks they take and the lives they lead can only command your respect".

In the 40 years before 1886, the Conservatives only commanded a majority in the House of Commons for six years.

Even the great British player in the making, Garry Schofield, could only command a place on the Hull bench.

But European nations not only command the operation here, they are also supplying all the combat troops.

Bulgaria's coalition government is led by the Socialists, who only commands half the legislature, 120 of 240 seats.

It's like in the theatre that old saying - you only command a high salary if you can 'put bums on seats'.

They could only command the match, though, for around 15 minutes at the start of the second half when Marshall made several significant saves.