Sentence examples for were commanders of from inspiring English sources

The three men were commanders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), comprising former government soldiers who split from the army and sided with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in a bid to gain control of Sierra Leone's diamond mines.

Both are Commanders of the British Empire, making this the most highly decorated Booker jury for many years.

"Denny had been commander of the largest military command in the world," Mr. Lowenthal said.

Hansell was commander of the Twenty-first Bomber Command, the over-all parent organization of B-29s in the Marianas.

Gen. John H. Russell, was commander of the guard.

Bolden was commander of his next two spaceflights.

· Colonel Collins was commander of the Royal Irish Regiment in Iraq.

"When you are Commander of the British Empire, you are commander of an empire that doesn't exist".

It felt as if McMahon were campaigning to be commander of Starfleet.

In Central America he was commander of the United Nations Observer Mission (1990 91).

Before his promotion, he was commander of the Shenyang Military Region.