Sentence examples for poor command of from inspiring English sources

Almost immediately, he recognized that he had poor command of his fastball.

Those with a poor command of English will learn the basics of language".

Zoffany's career in Britain was hindered, initially, by his poor command of English.

Migrant workers' poor command of English and lack of knowledge about employment rights makes them particularly vulnerable to mistreatment.

As a result, young Japanese have a poor command of honorific language and do not feel compelled to use it.

Instead, he was absent, and it was rumoured that his much-anticipated Hollywood career was hobbled by his poor command of English.

He said Dr. Mead's research and reporting had been hampered by poor preparation, inadequate command of Samoan, a decision to live mostly among white officials rather than among the islanders, an effort to fit two competing research projects into a few months and pressure from her sponsor.

This might reflect a tendency for South Asian born partners to be in lower paid employment reducing total household income, or that poorer command of the English language (more likely among those Pakistani women who were South Asian born and were less likely to claim benefits compared to White British women) is a barrier to accessing services and social support.

The lawyer, Charles W. Gittins, has said communications problems and poor command decisions are causes of many such Air Force accidents, including that of his client, Maj.

The combination of heightened vigilance and poor command and control led to series of mistakes, according to a highly classified 2008 Pentagon report on "Operational Mishaps by Air Defense Units".

Mr. Mullen reassigned him almost immediately upon taking Mr. Clark's post, and a report in The Navy Times at the time paraphrased an anonymous source as saying that the change was being made because of a "poor command climate" in his division.