Sentence examples for party command from inspiring English sources

By the time the late President Assad dispatched his party rivals and established his autocratic rule in 1970, the army's officer class was largely Alawite and so was the party command.

The SNP has never said it would go into a formal coalition with any other party at Westminster, should no party command a majority after the 7 May poll.

There was, they said, a "Blue Ed" who was ready to break the mould of conventional party politics and a "Brown Ed" who preferred the familiar path of central party command-and-control.

In such an environment, it is no surprise that neither party commands much loyalty.

Later, cabinet officials were appointed from among the party commanding a majority in the House of Commons.

Blaine refused to enter the race, and no other person in the party commanded substantial support.

At their heart, the redistricting battles are about which party commands the House.

Mr. Samak's party commanded widespread support in the countryside during last year's elections.

Jayalalitha Jayaram, whose AIADMK party commands 18 votes, almost provoked a collapse by refusing to attend a meeting of the ruling coalition.

Without its backing, neither the centre-right alliance nor a coalition of the Social Democrats, Greens and the small Left party commands a majority.

But the party commands less than 4% of the votes.Mr Chavez's people seem to have sidestepped a potentially more serious obstacle.