Sentence examples for secured command of from inspiring English sources

To this end he secured command of Sigeum and installed a younger son, Hegesistratus, as its ruler.

Since Sunday night, Hezbollah forces have secured control of most of the former Israeli command posts in the central border region.

But in 1836 family influence secured him the command of the 11th Light Dragoons (renamed the 11th Hussars in 1840).

The Japanese had been unable to secure the complete command of the sea because the Russian naval squadrons at Port Arthur and Vladivostok made sorties and both sides suffered losses in the ensuing engagements.

With Île de la Passe secure, Pym gave command of the blockade of Grand Port to Willoughby and returned to his station off Port Napoleon with Iphigenia.

Vice President Dick Cheney is under wraps at a secure command post.

It is through big state-owned lenders that the party channels cheap money to big state-owned firms, securing the commanding heights of the economy.

Given the confused political control in Republican Spain, the secure military and political command of Franco (from October 1936) was decisive.

Nixon said National Guard troops would support local police, securing the command center and stations.

That timely tip-in, with 24.2 seconds left in overtime, provided the critical cushion as Miami secured a 98-90 victory and absolute command of this Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics.

When earlier this year the home secretary Theresa May introduced a revised citizenship test for immigrants, the implication was that cohesion could only be secured if immigrants commanded knowledge of trivia concerning Shakespeare, Trafalgar and Churchill.