| The college's commanding officer, Lt Col Guy Deacon, inspected the soldiers and took the salute as they marched past. |
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| One morning our door swung open, and the room was suddenly filled with a brigadier, two majors, and our own commanding officer. |
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| It is the only known diary of a major general commanding a division in the Allied Expeditionary Force. |
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| I was overwhelmed by his commanding, assured musicianship in Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Smetana, Liszt, and Grainger. |
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| Never very numerous, they reached this commanding position by an incisive and unexcelled diplomacy. |
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| Its commanding position allowed tribes of centuries gone by to spot marauding Vikings and other undesirables approaching their territory. |
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| It was like commanding a force of nature with a roll of my index finger and thumb. |
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| The car has certainly proved itself as a worthy mileage machine, the high seating position offering a commanding view of the road. |
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| Then he moves, sitting up on the hammock, and speaking in a commanding and surprisingly powerful voice. |
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| Women have been going to sea in the RN for 14 years, so the prospect of a female commanding officer of a destroyer or frigate draws ever nearer. |
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| These stations were sited on commanding terrain or on platforms built for the purpose. |
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| But by all means, do play the game as it is quite addictive and takes an innovative approach to commanding your team members. |
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| Built overlooking the valley, it holds a commanding view of the area and is a spectacular sight. |
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| His robust, commanding vocals coupled with solid lyrics, make this sing-jay stand out in an industry that produces artistes a dime a dozen. |
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| In August 1943, while commanding the Seventh Army, Patton encountered two privates suffering from battle fatigue. |
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| That had something to do with Mehta's commanding, yet mellow, personality, but it also had a lot to do with the orchestra's professionalism. |
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| The general commanding the advance tank column was persuaded of the need to divert resources to our assistance. |
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| He then made the unwise decision to divide his force into three columns, he himself commanding one. |
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| Lee's sepulchral tones and commanding presence made the architect of evil a character to relish. |
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| It was toppled from its commanding position by hungry capital-laden offshore firms who moved into its domain with no beg-pardons. |
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| The choir of around a dozen were placed up in the gallery, with a commanding view over the rest of the chapel. |
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| With a commanding view of the surrounding area, the monastery has many treasures. |
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| Apartment buildings overlook it, but they are not the luxury units one might expect with such a commanding view of the waterway. |
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| His quiet voice was commanding and proved effective as the pair settled down. |
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| Bahamut's voice bellowed out onto the snow-covered plains, his bass voice commanding the attention and hearts of every soul there. |
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| The property has a commanding view of the surrounding hinterland as well and this mixes quite well with the garden. |
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| The hardware architecture is composed of a central control computer and microcontrollers commanding the air-conditioning equipment. |
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| Michael scratched his shaggy brown hair, embarrassed at the Secret Service agent's commanding, drawn out voice. |
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| Always commanding only a tiny military force of Europeans, he depended on negotiations with and use of existing traditional power structures. |
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| It was a classy goal and Hibs followed it up with a thoroughly commanding first half showing which lacked only another goal. |
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| Despite being a novice at commanding armoured units, he quickly grasped the great potential of mechanised and armoured troops. |
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| He really stepped on the gas, racing up the far side where he held a commanding lead. |
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| He was hauled before his commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel James Stevenson, and summarily dismissed. |
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| It is beautiful and has a commanding view of the Han River and its surrounding parks. |
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| At its westernmost tip, the most commanding position of the site offers a fine panoramic view of the harbor and beyond. |
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| This position would give them a commanding view of the main doors to the hangar as well as the rest of the airfield. |
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| Kate, superior to all the other anchors, swells a commanding lead after just one lap, and doubles it with her piston-stroke off the pool wall. |
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| It appears that the Democratic presidential candidate tonight has taken a commanding lead in the race for his party's presidential nomination. |
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| She had a commanding lead, and it narrowed, and then she won convincingly, so it was good news for Republicans across the board. |
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| They had enough early possession to have built up a commanding lead but didn't take their chances and found themselves 8-5 down at the interval. |
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| They were in front from the first end and had a commanding 21-8 lead after 15 ends before their opponents won three ends on the trot. |
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| They care about what they consider their way of life, their power, their commanding position in world affairs. |
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| In the earliest cosmologies, man placed himself in a commanding position at the centre of the universe. |
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| If the oil painting legend assumed a commanding place in the Romantic imagination, the accounts of writers and artists necessarily diverged. |
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| With such a commanding presence, it's unfortunate that the script did not accommodate a few more scenes for this great character actor. |
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| He has a commanding presence, demanding attention and respect, and an image that hasn't changed much in 30 years. |
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| The United States today retains a commanding military edge over all other nations. |
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| Kent bellowed in his commanding military voice, having followed in his father's footsteps. |
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| In the military, the commanding officer must be certain that his or her command will be strictly followed. |
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| A specific procedure to ensure formal handover of responsibility by commanding officers for actions on decisions by investigating authorities. |
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| Your commanding officers will not take kindly to your disregard to authority. |
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| Owen had served in the army and was commanding officer of the military hospital. |
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| His usual cockeyed grin betrays the fact that he's being honorably discharged for coming out to his commanding officer. |
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| This duty of a commanding officer has heretofore been recognized, and its breach penalized by our own military tribunals. |
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| Clark told the master chiefs that he considers them senior leadership and tasked them to partner with their commanding officers. |
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| The sheer scale of this monument stands as testament to his skills in commanding the material and human resources of his country. |
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| Robert LaFosse was the ringmaster who put these tykes through their paces with commanding smacks of a huge horsewhip. |
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| He has written incisive lyrics, narratives, meditations and satires in verse that is both commanding and supple. |
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| In 1814 he briefly hoisted his flag at sea, commanding the naval escort for Louis XVIII's return to France from his English exile. |
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| One thing leads to another and the commanding general challenges the soldier to a push-up contest. |
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| The attitude of commanding spirits by the use of divine names, seals, etc., can be seen in both Theurgy and the Chaldean oracles. |
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| There she found a unit of infantry soldiers who were also without a commanding officer. |
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| The projecting balconies of the nine-storeyed palace gracefully rises to a mountain height, commanding a bird's view of the town. |
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| There was a short crackle from the speakers, then a voice spoke, commanding everyone to listen. |
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| It seems like only an instant has passed when we are abruptly shaken from sleep by a loud voice commanding everyone to now go to the main gate. |
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| Their commanding officer ordered them to stop because this was disrespectful. |
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| Often glancing at the magistrates, Dumas was a commanding presence with a flair for the dramatic. |
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| Hilal was a commanding figure, even in his eighties, thin, stooped and nearly blind. |
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| We received initial guidance from our higher headquarters and our commanding general. |
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| Strong, commanding and no-nonsense, he is the type of player you build a backline around. |
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| She looks back expressionlessly for a moment, looks back at the commanding stranger with his cruel, impatient face. |
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| I would not be in favor of seeing another commanding officer in charge of the military. |
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| The course is expected to run about twice a year, training airbase commanding officers, executive officers and major flight commanders. |
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| Particularly in Germany, where Hildegard lived, being an abbess was a very commanding position. |
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| Dreams of a secular India, where the commanding heights of the economy are in the public sector, are as dead as a dodo. |
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| I support a troop's right to disobey his or her commanding officer, to desert, to subvert the system that enslaves him. |
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| When the time came for Caroline's baby to be born, the commanding officer's wife drove her to hospital and stayed throughout her labour. |
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| Matthew Bland was commanding in midfield and threatened the Hemsworth goal with a fierce drive which was just tipped over. |
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| Our permanent staff is myself, the commanding officer, a staff sergeant and a gunnery sergeant. |
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| We walked on until we had a commanding view of the upper gulch and the crosses strung out in a long line. |
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| When confronted by their disapproving commanding officer, one of the soldiers says he doesn't know why they're even there. |
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| Did Japanese warships and their commanding admirals break radio silence at sea before the attack? |
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| As commanding officer of the Scots Guards he told a pack of lies about Peter's murder and dragged his name through the dirt. |
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| They stepped so high, the bagpipes sounded a dirge, they snapped their heads around at attention at their commanding officer. |
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| It's a modern house, commanding magnificent vistas of Clew Bay and the mountains of Mayo as well as a bird's eye view of jetty goings-on. |
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| Leading him to a tree and commanding him to halt she hefted the saddle on and fastened the girth. |
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| Racing strongly along the rails to the opening turn he quickly shot into a commanding lead that saw him in total control rounding the third bend. |
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| Several years ago I stood in Normandy overlooking the St. Lo-Periers Road with the commanding generals of the U.S. Army and Air Force in Europe. |
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| At one time the Freemen of York exerted a commanding influence in commerce, government and the judicature of the city. |
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| The steering and brakes are nicely weighted for a commanding but undemanding drive. |
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| The crowd responded with applause suitably thunderous for a woman with such commanding stage presence. |
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| About that time Sharman became the regimental adjutant, its commanding officer's principal assistant. |
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| It was as if he was planning his next move, with the subtlety and care of an admiral commanding a fleet of warships. |
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| The Mexican government apologized, but this wasn't good enough for the admiral commanding the local U.S. naval squadron. |
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| Like all the graduating cadets, he was assigned to a unit as a platoon lieutenant, commanding the ranks of the enlisted men. |
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| The days of a manager commanding respect from his players simply because of who he is are long gone if they ever existed at all. |
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| Topics covered would include everything from base-level planning to commanding the airbase in an emergency. |
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| By 1938 he was an air vice-marshal commanding No. 12 Fighter Group which, during the battle of Britain, defended the Midlands. |
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| The commanding general wishes to talk to her himself, but it is of low priority, with the fight so close at hand. |
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| He was a short man with a commanding, booming voice and an evangelistic style of delivery. |
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| An entire section is devoted to the artist's commanding deer paintings including the world-famous Monarch of the Glen. |
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| A strong gust of easterly wind scattered the torn remains of the letter with its proud seal, and its commanding impression. |
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| He was a commanding figure, though often the worse for drink, which made him quarrelsome. |
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| He watched the poor wretch the commanding officer was lecturing, and looked on him with little pity. |
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| The scout shouldered his Necrorifle, ducked behind a bush and handed his field ocular to his commanding officer. |
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| The perception that commanding officers got their wires crossed has been reinforced by reports and books on the conflict. |
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| But the criminal investigator's report has now been forwarded to commanding officers. |
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| After all, no child could resist the commanding and manipulating voice of a demon. |
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| From the roadside vantage points we had stunning views of McKinley's commanding summit bathed in alpenglow and reflected in Wonder Lake. |
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| Colin Baker had learned to ride horses while commanding the Hunter River lancers from 1983-86 as a member of the Army reserve. |
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| Angels of the Lord visited her, commanding her to return to Adam, and she refused. |
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| I believe with the addition of a creative midfielder and a commanding centre half this team has every chance of making the play-offs. |
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| Always commanding light remunerative employment from the manufacturing establishments in town, she maintained herself respectably. |
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| Junior officers in the British army require their commanding officer's permission to marry or they are obliged to resign their commission. |
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| While the commanding officer was away, a guard at Auschwitz used the delousing chemical Zyklon B on some prisoners. |
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| His voice was naturally deep and resonant, a good, powerful, commanding voice. |
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| They finally, grudgingly, found a form letter they sent to commanding officers when members of the military would be late. |
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| Their commanding officer perseveres forward, but finds himself betrayed by a non-com concerned with self-salvation alone. |
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| Our commanding officer coordinated a flyover of the ship for us so the LSOs could shine a beacon on our nose gear and determine its condition. |
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| After the initial shock and awe passes, commanding his respect will be nigh unto impossible. |
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| If approved by the Senate, he would become a lieutenant general and the commanding general of the Fifth U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. |
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| She stressed that women should take their rightful place in the commanding heights of the country's economy. |
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| In the commanding staff, the ignorance, light-mindedness and thievery of the ruling classes found their expression. |
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| Had not one of the Irishmen delivered a fine center shot on the wrong target, the Irish would have taken a commanding lead. |
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| West then rounded-off an unstoppable forward drive from a line-out a few metres out to give his side a commanding 20-3 lead at half-time. |
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| There is a rose garden dotted with pink, red and yellow roses, as well as an outcrop of red sandstone which enjoys a commanding view. |
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| In a certain way, the desire to persuade can also be interpreted as a means of commanding others. |
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| The voice was cold and hostile, asking the question in a composed yet commanding way. |
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| He was thirty-two years of age, a handsome man, tall, broad-shouldered, with a commanding appearance. |
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| The words were soft and magical in the air, commanding me to agree with him. |
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| Last month she joined the US National Guard and quickly impressed her commanding officers with her tactical genius. |
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| The role of Salieri demands a commanding and authoritative presence and this was supplied in abundance by Mark Craddock. |
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| A force 3 north-easterly increased steadily throughout the evening to a force 4 and last year's league champion John Pawson took a commanding lead to win the first race. |
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| Dmitri had been a basso profundo singer, and to this day retains a commanding voice as well as a keen ear. |
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| Indeed, Don is similarly simpatico with commanding women such as Rachel Menken and Bobbie Barrett. |
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| Her former commanding officer, Brig. Gen. Jack Stultz, gave the introductory remarks. |
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| Maj. Gen. M.A.R. West, commanding commonwealth Division, ceremonially dropped the puck in the regimental championship game. |
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| Not to mention rare elements such as lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium, essential to modern technology and commanding high prices. |
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| Without their commanding horn the rhinoceros present a forlorn image. |
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| Graves is quietly incisive and commanding as the relatively humane Dr. Treves, but Burton is a trifle too actressy even for an actress portraying an actress. |
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| Jurado comes off like the Springsteen of indie rock, utilizing his ragged throat and commanding presence for both hooky rockers and solemn weepers. |
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| This is both an outstanding work of scholarship and a commanding visual document. |
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| As his later wartime record would show, Jackson was extremely competent in the many skills required of a commanding general. |
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| At one point the commanding general, General Throckmorton, was told that there was gunfire raking a street. |
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| He would not surrender, however, until he had a direct order from his commanding officer. |
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| The case ended in a hung jury, even though the jury consisted entirely of military officers sitting in judgment on criticism of their commanding officer. |
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| Zawahiri was conciliatory but stern, commanding ISIS to leave Syria and go back to Iraq, where the group was founded. |
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| During one point in the movie, recognizing the Tennessee woodsman's talent as a marksman, two of his commanding officers try to persuade him to accept a promotion. |
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| Here stood the Captain commanding the company with half a dozen men. |
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| The reinsman's consistency over the four heats at Bathurst last night has moved him into a commanding position at the top of the World Driving Championship leaderboard. |
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| Without commanding, distinguishing words from their mouths, the narrative can be wholly invented for Kate and Letizia. |
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| I am aware that cases may occur where the commanding general, acting on his own responsibility, may with safety pass this limit, and with essential advantage to his country. |
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| His enthusiasm and commanding personality enabled him to influence greatly the work of many of his juniors, so that they came to reverence him as the founder of their careers. |
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| Additionally, it should be obvious that this passage is not commanding apostates be put to death by the fact that the early church obviously did not execute apostates. |
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| There is a generation gap as well, with the president holding a commanding lead among 18-to-29-year-olds, 60 to 37 percent. |
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| No other restaurant in New Jersey looks out over such a commanding view. |
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| But in this short time, a male can contribute more offspring to the population than the female by commanding the territories of several breeding tigresses. |
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| Some critics discerned a falling away of powers in his later work, marked by a tendency towards inflated rhetoric, but to others he remained a commanding figure to the end. |
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| Temkey's commanding vocal declamation and warm, high lying, distinctively French baritonal sound recall Francis Poulenc's collaborator and frequent interpreter Pierre Bernac. |
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| After the assassination of Julius Caesar and seizure of power by the Second Triumvirate, Brutus and Cassius were left commanding republican forces in the east. |
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| The Belarusians had held a commanding 2-0 advantage heading into the second leg thanks to their 2-0 win over their opponents in Borisov a week ago. |
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| Mayo roared out of the blocks and built up a commanding lead. |
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| Riel also secured the consent of Colonel Black, the commanding officer at Fort Assinniboine, to allow the Metis to overwinter at the Big Bend of the Milk River. |
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| And the president has to attempt to tease out from Romney the less commanding tone evident in the second debate. |
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| In fact, about a month later, they did find a tutor who was trilingual, commanding American Sign Language, English, and Spanish, who began giving classes in their homes. |
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| Never a modest girl at heart, I enjoyed commanding his attention. |
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| Fearing that Neubauer might kill herself, Norris contacted the commanding general of Keesler Air Force Base, Gen. Patrick Higby. |
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| In that same year a devastating audio recording surfaced of the commanding officer of the osprey squadron. |
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| I would rather have a president more commanding than somnolent. |
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| Importantly, non-bank asset-based lending is today the commanding mechanism, creating the liquidity that drives both financial markets and economies. |
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| The next few years were spent commanding small naval squadrons. |
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| This time at a lower register which is both more commanding and better suited to an auditory range ruined by years placing bets at the dog track at Concreton. |
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| Our lieutenant, commanding the company, was the most affected by all this. |
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| The inhabitants can hang out along the edges of the side balcony, still in the embrace of the house, with a commanding view of surrounding garden and beyond. |
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| Commanding from a half-track in the Six-Day War, the book discusses Gonen's temper, and the real-world experience of commanding an army versus a brigade from a bunker. |
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| In an instant Kilrossanty were in full flow, commanding all over the field, and steadily putting the squeeze on a now increasingly beleaguered opposing defence. |
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| They enjoy being in the catbird seat, perched at a high elevation, with a commanding view of a vast expanse of open air, high above the landmass below. |
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| Libby asked, her voice soft but commanding him to return to her. |
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| Speaking of marriage, my mother is commanding me to marry soon. |
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| In any democracy suffering the collapse of its government with no single party commanding the necessary majority to mount a new one, a general election would follow. |
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| Another letter to the brigade commanding officer, dated December 3, 1921, listed the strength of the personnel in one company at three officers and 20 other ranks. |
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| Those who knew him away from the studio observed that he was somewhat shy, and the persona he created helped him to be a commanding presence on the set. |
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| Already topping hoary hair the man was not someone that attracted attention, nor did he hold the commanding aura that previous councillors of his seat demanded. |
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| Near the top there are more canyon views, but the sand paintings depicting Hopi legends, and the design of the building itself, have a way of commanding your attention. |
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| As families were reunited on a chilly parade ground, the Black Watch's commanding officer paid tribute to a regiment that may be returning from action for the last time. |
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| His request was treated sympathetically by the ship's commanding officer. |
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| Despite her small size, the child has a commanding presence. |
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| But his commanding officers in the desert know that if they do something like that, they will be personally held responsible for war crimes after the war is over. |
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| Marsh was one of five guests of the Navy invited aboard for tours, observation of flight deck operations, dinner with the commanding officer and an overnight. |
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| When I was in the military, my commanding officer would issue orders to his troops, if you carried them out as instructed, you were a good soldier! |
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| One of the guards says in 10 months there, he never saw the commanding officer, that's General Karpinski, who was also in charge of this other prison. |
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| Speer admires Hitler to the point of hero-worship and Walker plays him as a gregarious, personable genius with a commanding presence and a quick wit. |
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| His commanding voice and presence is always welcome on screen. |
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| She possessed a commanding stature, with a very quick, expressive face. |
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| As on the Westminster stage he has a commanding presence among the assorted collection of European heads of government and their respective finance ministers. |
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| China proved to be the stronger side at the semi-finals stage as the Chinese shuttlers took a commanding lead of 3-0 by defeating Hong Kong on Wednesday. |
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| It also puts the site in a commanding position for future projects. |
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| His third was supplied by Gray to put his team in a commanding 4-1 lead. |
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| John Edwards says he's undaunted by John Kerry's commanding lead. |
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| This sink location, which offers a commanding view of the family room area, is also a plus when you have small children who still require constant supervision. |
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| The driving position is good, giving a commanding view of the road ahead. |
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| Spacious up front, if a little crowded in the back, the car has a high seating position which means that you get a very commanding view all around. |
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| A headquarters was needed and the position of the castle with its commanding views over the bridge and along the river itself made Dundas the natural candidate. |
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| He was in a unique position, commanding the machinery of party and state by both claiming personal allegiance and espousing hierarchy as the source of order and compliance. |
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| Not only was he a commanding batsman, but was an outstanding fielder. |
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| The commanding staff had been killed the first day of the battle during a bombing raid, and since then, command and control was handled by the local field officers. |
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| He was tall and thin, with a commanding presence and hints of elegance. |
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| His commanding officer rose to repeat the final briefing, grasping any object that was fixed to the hull, desperately trying not to go tumbling around in zero gee. |
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| By commanding a different landscape, francophone organizers told a different story, one that highlighted their own history and relationship to the landscape. |
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| Roberts kept them wanting more with his commanding stage presence. |
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| The possibilities of moral and political embarrassment, to say nothing of the implication of commanding officers in prosecutable actions, are simply too great. |
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| We arrived in Ranikhet, located 1,830 m above sea level, encircled by tall pine trees and soaring deodars, commanding views of the Himalayas glistening white in the distance. |
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| The Soviet Union was inundated with foreign evangelists and missionaries commanding technological resources unimaginable to a church just emerging from captivity. |
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| Three successive wins later, England occupy the commanding heights in Group Six, and the rest of the World Cup qualifying campaign ought to be a doddle. |
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| They moved further into the lead after seven minutes when 19 year-old David Whitten drop-kicked brilliantly under pressure to put Portadown in a commanding 6-0 lead. |
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| De Almagro undertook his first conquest on November 1515, commanding 260 men as he founded Villa del Acla, named after the Indian place. |
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| Capitaine de Lambertye, commanding the French contingent, died of a heart attack while touring the defences of Calais on 26 June. |
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| Pizarro became a participant in Ojeda's failed colony, commanding the remnants until he abandoned it with the survivors. |
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| Although the plan had been agreed by the Admiralty, Admiral John Jellicoe commanding the Grand Fleet was not informed until 26 August. |
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| To control his new kingdom, William granted lands to his followers and built castles commanding military strongpoints throughout the land. |
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| The castle is in a commanding position at the top of the hill. |
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| Direct control of various elements of the fleet was subordinated to officers commanding those elements, accountable to the Kaiser. |
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| Tribal boundaries were guarded by smaller lookout Nuraghes erected on strategic hills commanding a view of other territories. |
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| Major General Ivor Philipps, officer commanding the Welsh Division, was relieved of his command. |
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| Four of the ships sank or capsized, with at least 1,450 dead, including the commanding admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. |
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| On 15 August, the divisional headquarters ceased commanding any subordinate units and by the end of the month the division was disbanded. |
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| The season started with an early exit from the League Cup whilst Celtic built a commanding lead at the top of the table. |
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| Will she be remembered more as a character, thoroughly damely and commanding, or for her writings? |
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| The 35-year-old Everton fan from Run-corn was commanding an armoured vehicle when he was targeted by the in surgent bomb. |
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| Mackenzie made himself a nettlesome burr under Crook's saddle, irritating the commanding general. |
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| Yet, entrenched interests continue to impede the path of free enterprise and cling to the commanding heights of state capitalism. |
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| The near-capacity audience listened in awed silence as Lill gave a commanding performance of the limpid Adagio sostenuto second movement. |
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| Dahl was made a lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, commanding a platoon of Askaris, indigenous troops serving in the colonial army. |
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| Chief Warrant Officer 4 Princeton Soh grips the controls, his sturdy hands commanding more than 8 tons of green and gray metal. |
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| William Buford, commanding officer, USS Chinook, on the culinary specialist's role on a coastal patrol ship. |
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| The expedition set out on 8 September 1757, Sir John Mordaunt commanding the troops and Sir Edward Hawke the fleet. |
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| In the centre was Frederick II, himself with Field Marshal James Keith commanding a corps of 30,000 troops. |
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| Timothy LaFleur, reminded commanders and commanding officers under him to get out the word that hazing won't be tolerated. |
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| But commanding authority is held by Commander of Indonesian National Armed Forces. |
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| And Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux's commanding officer paid tribute to his professionalism. |
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| The RFA is funded out of the UK defence budget and the Commodore commanding the RFA is directly responsible to the Royal Navy Fleet Commander. |
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| But a little over a decade later, Britain's commanding lead in jet prolusion had been frittered away. |
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| The commissioner's representative in the territory is the officer commanding the detachment of British forces. |
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| Many Iraqi commanding officers were bribed by the CIA or coerced into surrendering. |
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| Chiang ordered the American General Daniel Isom Sultan, commanding NCAC, to halt his advance at Lashio, which was captured on 7 March. |
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| She was equally commanding in Robin Walker's Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep, from his Aquarelles. |
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| Positioned in an elevated chair behind the air traffic controllers, the vantage point gave a commanding view of the airdrome. |
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| It was a flat, plain slab of dark gray stone, placed on pillars tablewise, that stood solitary above the turf, commanding attention. |
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| Outside of patent leathers and specialties, I know of no other types of shoe leathers which are commanding replacement costs today. |
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| Then, after commanding the recipient to attend, the writ indicates that the Sovereign him or herself witnesses it. |
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| He found himself commanding enlisted men who were drawn mainly from the mining, milling, and weaving towns of Lancashire. |
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| I turn my eyes skyward and see the gargoylish figures still commanding the open air between the coiling columns of smoke. |
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| Advances vary greatly between books, with established authors commanding larger advances. |
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| Records show that he enrolled recognizances and contracts, and also issued writs commanding a sheriff to enforce them. |
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| Indeed, many of the men, including their commanding officer, had not survived the journey. |
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| As a commanding officer, he is now responsible for over 200 officers. |
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| They had real power now, commanding flash crowds to appear anywhere on issues that touched them. |
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| Bengal opium was highly prized, commanding twice the price of the domestic Chinese product, which was regarded as inferior in quality. |
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| If pardon was not pled, the House of Lords issued a writ of certiorari commanding the King's Bench Court to send the case up to it. |
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| On his journey across the desert, he received a message from the Sultan of Morocco commanding him to return home. |
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| Vespasian was known for his wit and his amiable manner alongside his commanding personality and military prowess. |
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| Located on the highest point of Portland, Verne Hill, it sits in a commanding position overlooking Portland Harbour. |
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| The quality of these attracted the eye of the Apprentice Wing commanding officer, who noted that Whittle was also a mathematical genius. |
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| Sperrle, commanding Luftflotte 3, was ordered to dispatch 250 sorties per night including 100 against the West Midlands. |
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| Kesselring, commanding Luftflotte 2, was ordered to send 50 sorties per night against London and attack eastern harbours in daylight. |
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| The hill provides a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. |
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| The commanding officers who designed the raid on Dieppe had not envisaged such losses. |
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| Sandford, commanding C3, elected to steer his ship into the viaduct manually instead of depending on the automatic system. |
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| The force watching the harbour was led by Captain Blackwood, commanding HMS Euryalus. |
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| Edward, commanding the right wing, performed well, and soon defeated the London contingent of Montfort's forces. |
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| British officers, including the top British commanding generals, ordered, sanctioned, paid for and conducted the use of smallpox against the Native Americans. |
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| Piper Millin, aged 21, of 4 Commando Brigade, was ordered by his commanding officer Lord Lovat to parade with his pipes on the beach as the Commandos were being attacked. |
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| A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. |
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| His unit fired their guns for the last time at the crossing of the River Po, by which time he was an acting Lieutenant Colonel commanding a battalion. |
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| How Offaly managed to blow such a commanding position against a very limited Longford side boggled the mind but they appear to have regrouped from that setback. |
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| The driver has a raised seating position for a more commanding view through what is said to be an unusually large windscreen, enhanced by a panoramic glass r oof. |
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| The ship's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Simon Kelly, is a Newcastle man and there is disappointment and regret that the ship has been unable to make the visit. |
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| For this purpose, some of the commanding forces and other military, as well as often civilian personnel participate in identification of these threats. |
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| Domitian eagerly sought the opportunity to attain military glory and joined the other officers with the intention of commanding a legion of his own. |
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| We are dealing in the Iliad with a commanding vision of man, articulate in every detail, not with a tale of adventure automatically or discursively carried forward. |
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| According to the Kabbalah as described by the Golden Dawn there are ten archangels, each commanding one of the choir of angels and corresponding to one of the Sephirot. |
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| In due time, Charles' son was born and, because it was fashionable to name boys after their fathers' commanding officers, he was called Wade Hampton Hamilton. |
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| Varndean College in North Brighton occupies a commanding position. |
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| Johnson, in turn, took the concept to the commanding officer of the base. |
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| Industrial gases manufacturer Gulf Cryo plans to expand production capacity in Kuwait which generates half of its group revenues and where it enjoys a commanding market share. |
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| A distinct and striking black cube stands in Vaduz, commanding attention. |
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| To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. |
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| Women have been integrated into the British Armed Forces since the early 1990s, including flying fast jets and commanding warships or artillery batteries. |
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| Tempting as it was to hang up on the man and be done with it, that wouldn't do. Who knew what sort of undeadly minions de Piaget was capable of commanding. |
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| Staccato riffs and danceable rhythms alone aren't enough, but singer Ellie Innocenti has a commanding enough stage presence to attract plenty of attention. |
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| Windsor Lewis, officer commanding 4 Company, 2nd Welsh Guards, had taken charge of a large party of stragglers, who were awaiting rescue in the sheds at the quayside. |
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| To effect this, they were empowered to issue their warrant or precept to the Sheriff, commanding him to summon a Grand Jury to sit at the court of Quarter Sessions. |
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| With several major commanders dead or incapacitated, the Prussian king proved incapable of effectively commanding the army, which began to quickly disintegrate. |
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| The Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan died while in the Philippines commanding a Castilian expedition in 1522 which was the first to circumnavigate the globe. |
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| His three columns consisted of 5,000 redcoats, a volunteer corps of carbineers, and a hastily trained Natal Native Contingent, with himself commanding the center column. |
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| Mindful of French neutrality, Kearsarge's new commanding officer, Capt. |
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| Although its location has not been identified, it seems likely they would have chosen a commanding position like the Castle Rock, Arthur's Seat, or Calton Hill. |
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| To form the battle line in the correct orientation relative to the enemy, the commanding admiral had to know the enemy fleet's distance, bearing, heading, and speed. |
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| Events this year include commanding the spacecraft out of hibernation mode, a complete system health checkout, and an Earth flyby for a gravity assist to Comet Boethin. |
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| Gary Halden, commanding officer of West Valley detectives, said the man suspected of sexual assault is 40 to 45 years old and has balding shoulder-length black hair. |
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