Sentence examples for rather than commanding from inspiring English sources

The wording in the guidelines was gentle, using prodding "shoulds," rather than commanding "shalls".

Republicans now control only the House rather than commanding the entire Congress as they did in their showdown with President Bill Clinton.

The sequence in which Attila rises from a nightmare should shudder with fear, but here, as elsewhere, the bass-baritone John Relyea was vocally and dramatically even keeled rather than commanding.

He is engaging rather than commanding, something that was evident from his first major movie roles in organ-harvesting dystopian yarn Never Let Me Go in 2010 and in the Coens' remake of True Grit in 2010.

Hart criticized the command theories of law associated with John Austin and Bentham because of their failure to make sense of all those familiar instances of laws that confer legal powers on individuals rather than commanding them to abstain from particular conduct on pain of punishment.

Usama was known for meddling in the business of others, rather than commanding any power of his own.

The sergeant must have been prone to snap decisions, because just after saying "Now or never!" he whispered rather than commanded, "Get a move on.

The retired general became famous for resigning his commission rather than command the Russian assault on the rebellious republic of Chechnya in December 1994.

He urged patients to educate themselves and share knowledge with one another, and urged doctors to collaborate with patients rather than command them.

Even the old-new mix runs into problems: the Native American gallery feels oddly thin and unresolved, as if the contemporary pieces were there to fill in blanks rather than command the space.

Officer grades up to lieutenant colonel reflect progression in training and organizational seniority, rather than command authority.