Sentence examples for to gain command of from inspiring English sources

Most closers struggle to gain command of their secondary pitches because they throw relatively few innings and cannot administer proper maintenance.

The Russian Language and Literature field of study is designed for those students who wish to gain command of the Russian language and to study the nation's literary tradition.

Starting with your freshman seminar and concluding with your senior thesis, you will be preparing not just to gain command of a body of knowledge, but to add to it as well.

The British use of air power evolved during the war, from a reconnaissance force to a fighting force that attempted to gain command of the air above the trenches and carry out bombing raids on targets behind the line.

"The Panel is clear that WHO failed to engage proactively with high-level media and was unable to gain command over the narrative of the outbreak.

The force the deputies used, the attorneys said, was only what was needed to gain control of Phillips and was commanded by a supervisor.

Most recently that has led to Pat Fili-Krushel gaining command of all of NBC's operations in news.

"We would leave a certain group behind and they would take the various sections where they have the oil," he said, regarding a policy apparently meant to prevent terror groups such as Islamic State from gaining command of such a vital resource.

But Roberts gained command of his impressive arsenal, a fastball of 93 to 97 miles an hour and a split-fingered fastball, and after seizing a spot in the Baltimore rotation, he won his first four decisions this season.

In June 1939, shortly before the outbreak of war, Mountbatten gained command of a flotilla of destroyers which saw considerable action in the Mediterranean.

Five years after gaining command of Soka Gakkai, he told a Japanese writer: "I am the king of Japan; I am its president; I am the master of its spiritual life; I am the supreme power who entirely directs its intellectual culture". In the years since, "world peace" has been the sect's mantra.