Sentence examples for to possess a command from inspiring English sources

Along the way we meet firefighters, stock traders and one of those scarily precocious, hyperarticulate children the city seems to breed, who quotes Einstein and seems to possess a command of geopolitics far beyond that of most adults.

A decade younger than the President and from a comparable background (his parents immigrated from India), he is reputed to possess a command of policy detail rivalling Bill Clinton's.

Direct, concise and evocative, this sentence forever puts to rest any criticism that George W. Bush does not possess a command of the language.

As a felon, he is forbidden to possess a firearm.

Only moon known to possess a magnetosphere.

Last year, ForeScout was said to possess a $1 billion valuation.

Last year, ForeScout was said to possess a $1 billion valuation.

And while English is widely spoken, most residents possess a firm command of three or four other languages.

This indicates that, regardless of level of language proficiency, language learners do not possess a high command of formulaic sequences in general.

This finding is promising, but the extant literature described above suggests that students generally do not possess a strong command of evolutionary concepts when they enter college.

Furthermore, the immigrants who were included in our sample differed systematically from the average immigrant, as they possessed a good command of the German language, a requirement of their participation in this questionnaire study.