| 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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| Often glancing at the magistrates, Dumas was a commanding presence with a flair for the dramatic. |
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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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| 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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| Hilal was a commanding figure, even in his eighties, thin, stooped and nearly blind. |
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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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| We received initial guidance from our higher headquarters and our commanding general. |
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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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| I would not be in favor of seeing another commanding officer in charge of the military. |
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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 steering and brakes are nicely weighted for a commanding but undemanding drive. |
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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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| The scout shouldered his Necrorifle, ducked behind a bush and handed his field ocular to his commanding officer. |
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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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| After all, no child could resist the commanding and manipulating voice of a demon. |
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| Angels of the Lord visited her, commanding her to return to Adam, and she refused. |
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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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| Mayo roared out of the blocks and built up a commanding lead. |
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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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| Our lieutenant, commanding the company, was the most affected by all this. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Located on the highest point of Portland, Verne Hill, it sits in a commanding position overlooking Portland Harbour. |
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| The commanding officers who designed the raid on Dieppe had not envisaged such losses. |
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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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| On his journey across the desert, he received a message from the Sultan of Morocco commanding him to return home. |
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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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| 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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| Pizarro became a participant in Ojeda's failed colony, commanding the remnants until he abandoned it with the survivors. |
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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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| They had real power now, commanding flash crowds to appear anywhere on issues that touched them. |
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| The force watching the harbour was led by Captain Blackwood, commanding HMS Euryalus. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Edward, commanding the right wing, performed well, and soon defeated the London contingent of Montfort's forces. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Indeed, many of the men, including their commanding officer, had not survived the journey. |
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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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| Direct control of various elements of the fleet was subordinated to officers commanding those elements, accountable to the Kaiser. |
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| As a commanding officer, he is now responsible for over 200 officers. |
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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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| Then, after commanding the recipient to attend, the writ indicates that the Sovereign him or herself witnesses it. |
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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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| Records show that he enrolled recognizances and contracts, and also issued writs commanding a sheriff to enforce them. |
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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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| 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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| Vespasian was known for his wit and his amiable manner alongside his commanding personality and military prowess. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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 hill provides a commanding view of the surrounding countryside. |
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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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| An habitude of commanding his passions in order to his health. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Johnson, in turn, took the concept to the commanding officer of the base. |
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| Varndean College in North Brighton occupies a commanding position. |
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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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| 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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| Mindful of French neutrality, Kearsarge's new commanding officer, Capt. |
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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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| The future governor Quintus Petillius Cerialis, then commanding the Legio IX Hispana, attempted to relieve the city, but suffered an overwhelming defeat. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| In the view of her many admirers, she thrust a strike-infested halfpace Britain back among the frontrunners in the commanding peaks of the industrial nations of the world. |
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| In that time, he saw all the usual mess-ups that accompany military campaigns, from lack of proper equipment to overstretched troops to commanding incompetence. |
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| A UNIT of ill-prepared National Guards and their gruff commanding officer, Sarge, head into the desert to deliver supplies to a team of scientists. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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