Sentence examples for through his command from inspiring English sources

Before becoming king, Abdullah struggled to preserve an independent power base through his command of the National Guard, a large, paramilitary force drawn largely from desert tribes.

Yongle had only been able to instigate and win a civil war against his nephew through his command of garrisons personally loyal to him.

What made Reagan so effective politically beyond the fevered precincts of the right was that he was able to provide cover for that right-wing -- and racist -- animus through his command performance of the role of president in a way that articulated conservative resistance to gains made by blacks, women and gays without coming across as overtly racist, sexist or homophobic.

Friend told me that he divided his thirty or so starts every season into three categories: the games when he could make the ball do just what he wanted, those in which he had to muddle through because his command was wanting, and the games when he had nothing.

(CH) Secreting himself away amid the leftover weirdness of his father's Ostend joke shop, Ensor had a paranoiac perspective on the Belgian social scene that was lifted into the realms of sublimity through his painterly command of oceanic light.

Proponents of greater aid for the rebels have suggested that arms and money be sent through Idris, to solidify his command.

While it continued through the end of his command, he did not exempt other hunger strikers from the restraint chair, Dhiab among them.

Through October, Schwarzkopf and his command were occupied with setting up facilities and supply lines for the troops streaming into Saudi Arabia.

Tassadar channels his own psionic energies in combination with those of the dark templar through the hull of his command ship and crashes it into the Overmind, sacrificing himself in order to destroy it.

He said he flew the Imperial German flag (sewn from dyed loincloths) in villages throughout the bush, and marched his command through the jungle, loudly singing such patriotic German songs as "Watch on the Rhine" (Die Wacht am Rhein) and popular sentimental ballads like "The Linden Tree Der Lindenbaumum).

His command lasted through months of bitter fighting for small tactical advantages while armistice negotiations dragged on.