I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a commanding lead (= a big lead )
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Alonso raced into a commanding lead.
be in command of the army
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He had gained respect and was placed in command of the army.
chain of command
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Symonds is third in the chain of command.
command a majority (= have a majority )
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They were one seat short of being able to command a majority in parliament.
command a salary formal (= be able to get a particular salary )
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Which graduates command the highest salaries?
command a view ( also afford a view formal ) (= if a place commands or affords a view, you can see that view from there )
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The room commanded an excellent view of the river.
command module
command performance
command post
command respect (= be respected )
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Lady Thatcher commanded huge respect from everyone she worked with.
commanding officer
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a commanding officer of the SAS
enjoy/command support formal (= have support )
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His views were too extreme to command general support.
high command
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the German High Command
inspire/command sb's loyalty (= make someone feel loyal to you )
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He inspires extraordinary loyalty among his staff.
line of command
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Decisions are taken by senior officers and fed down through the line of command to the ordinary soldiers.
obey an order/command/instruction
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The first duty of a soldier is to obey orders.
sb’s command of a language (= someone’s ability to speak a language )
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Does he have a good command of the language?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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This may be partly because neither the president nor the high command is confident that parts of the army might not rebel.
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At that point, higher command would take control of the unit.
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They all went to Maeda's residence in Jakarta; he sent messages to the high command , but nobody turned up.
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Far away, artillery and helicopter units were alerted by higher command .
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Foreign currency profits translated into tuition for the progeny of the high command .
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The military high command , led by coup leader and Armed Forces C.-in-C.
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Letelier, who was replaced by Gen. Carlos Carvallo Yáñez, was moved to perform other tasks in the army high command .
joint
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The two armies have patently failed to form a joint command .
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In 1472 he was given joint command of an armed force sent to sea to resist the king's enemies.
military
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The five-year agreement provided for regular consultations between the two ministries and supreme military commands .
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Chennault had become a major general by this time, and had his own independent military command , the Fourteenth Air Force.
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They even partitioned the archipelago into three quite separate military commands .
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The company wanted to create a military command center resembling the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.
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The military high command , led by coup leader and Armed Forces C.-in-C.
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The fact that he was entirely unsuited for military command , being incapable of making a decision, was irrelevant.
■ NOUN
centre
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This command centre is handy to use for your own files and is great when you're designing applications at work.
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This command centre works better than using toolbar buttons to open files, especially with novice users.
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In contrast, no one can overlook this command centre !
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Close down Excel and load it again, but this time your command centre worksheet is automatically loaded.
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This also eliminates the need to scroll to find data, which would defeat the purpose of having a command centre .
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It's a useful addition to make to your command centre as the text links will be more descriptive than icons.
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The girl-thing was in the command centre .
economy
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But there may be powerful grounds for saying that the command economy , is the culprit, rather than the management of it.
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The collapse of the command economy has given way to a good deal of racketeering and corruption.
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First, no country has a political economy that corresponds exactly to either the market economy or the command economy.
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There was wide disagreement about where and how to start dismantling the command economy , but none about the direction for progress.
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As an ideal type, however, a command economy need not be committed to such egalitarianism.
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The two ideal-type political economies are the market economy and the command economy.
file
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SYLOGIN.COM SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM is your system-wide login command file .
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The module referred to by the keyword BUILT-BY is the command file which builds i.e compiles, links etc. the package.
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An example of a successful run of the startup command file is shown in Figure 2.2, Example Process Startup.
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Note that the startup command file automatically reclaims unused space in the mail file.
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Finally, batch files are covered in detail explaining why we use these compact command files and what each batch command does.
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If there is not a group called Startup, you need to create one using the command File New Group.
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SYSTARTUP-V5.COM SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP-V5.COM is your site-specific system startup command file .
language
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But, because it's a command language and not a page description language the facilities it possesses are adequate rather than sophisticated.
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And the C-based virtual object command language has been enlarged to over 500 commands, making the system more accessible to non-programmers.
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Users make their requests in a simple command language .
line
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Mercifully, the Windows shell offers you tick boxes instead of command line switches to make life a little easier.
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Both are really unfriendly, as they're driven by command line switches.
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The reports also criticise ill-defined command lines .
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The final mode is described as Command mode, and, essentially, gives command line access to the FastLynx program.
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It's ideal for die-hard command line aficionados, and brings with it lots of switches and specifiers.
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You have not included the name of the batch queue in the command line .
module
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Changes were made to the command module .
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Beneath them the underside of the command module comprised a specially designed shield that protected them from the heat of re-entry.
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The command module pilot faced the centre of the panel.
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Consider the atmosphere in the Apollo command module .
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The coolant could then be circulated back into the command module .
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The command module would then use its parachutes to land.
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Their role was to pull the main three-parachute system from the command module .
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Figure 4.21 A view of the Skylab station from the command module used in the third and final mission.
performance
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In 1925 the sketch was featured in the royal command performance .
post
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A command post was operating in Rukaramu.
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The demonic forces have their command post in the basement offices of the psychology department.
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Regrouping at the Colonel's command post began around 0300 hours, 90 minutes after landing.
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The occasional sound of small-arms fire punctuated the lunchtime action at the company command post .
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The government forces concentrated their efforts on the destruction of the Mbari command post .
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We got three bunkered command posts destroyed here.
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The living room was fitted as a command post with radio and large-scale maps on the wall.
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My office became the temporary command post .
step
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The sequence generator produces the phase control signals and is triggered by step command pulses from a constant frequency clock.
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The first step command is then sent to the excitation sequence control, which changes the phase excitation in the motor.
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The step commands are also input to the downcounter, which records the instantaneous position of the system relative to the target.
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The position detector pulse sent to the control unit is used to generate the next step command .
structure
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South Ossetia's nationalist fighters were estimated to number 3,000, although they had no united command structure .
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Marshall argued, correctly, that this would create an unworkable command structure .
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The command structure of authority may be shown by an organisation chart, or may be documented in schedules or manuals.
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The authors were not insensitive to the problems the dual command structure presents.
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Everyone had their place in a civilian command structure that was echoed by the ranks of the Home Guard.
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The command structure , then, began at court and centred around the king.
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The military command structure of the Khmer Rouge is tight at the top and loose at the bottom.
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Job control can be ineffective if the command structure is not properly laid down.
■ VERB
assume
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He more willingly identifies himself as Clinton's loyal lieutenant, ready to assume full command .
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The thirty-four-year-old general assumed command of all the troops in the Washington area only six days after Bull Run.
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Once more, the contrast with Lanfranc, who assumed command with easy confidence, is striking.
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Since he outranked Beauregard, Johnston assumed top command .
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Or does another fish quickly take over and assume command ?
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Meanwhile, Paredes arrived at Lagos and immediately assumed command of the forces there.
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Don Steuer, assumed command of the combined Coronado base.
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines assumed command of the army in 1803.
execute
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This will execute a command in every subdirectory of a hard disk.
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Only tap Enter to start a new paragraph, after a heading, or to execute a command .
give
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Even so, he was given a garrison command at Rockingham.
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I heard him give a command and right after the command it sounded like a lightning crash....
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The mahout, as he gives a command , reinforces the order with leg pressure just as if riding a horse.
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This macro sets the printer for single sheets and gives the command to print full text. 10.
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Not having to give verbal commands seemed uncanny at first, but before long it just seemed natural.
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You define the macro by deciding which keystrokes are activated and which keys are used to give the command .
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Money is also a claim in that it gives the holder command over goods and services in the market place.
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Soon after the hostilities recommenced, General Winfield Scott was given command of the army in Florida.
issue
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Even had Schumacher issued the command to stop, it would have been futile.
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You can not issue a command from within a program that will remove it.
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Ronni got in, feeling a welcome dart of annoyance at the way he had issued that curt command .
obey
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Without a grumble she forced protesting muscles to obey her commands .
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The father did not obey the holders or commands , he uttered them.
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I fell under his freezing spell, obeying all his commands without thinking.
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The nurse would not obey her own commands .
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Thus, Ahab is relieved to know that Star-buck does finally obey his commands .
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In a choice between meekly obeying his commands and being publicly humiliated there really was no choice.
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She stood transfixed, with one hand out, but her fingers failed to obey the command to take the proffered bag.
place
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By placing Franco in overall command , the Nationalists made a quantum leap forward in their efforts to secure victory.
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It says Exxon recklessly contributed to the accident by knowingly placing an alcoholic in command of the supertanker.
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When Barracouta's captain died in 1823 Vidal was placed in command and confirmed in the rank of commander.
relieve
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Falkenhayn was relieved of his command by the Kaiser in August and replaced by Hindenburg and Ludendorff.
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Within two weeks of the attack, both men were relieved of their commands and automatically demoted to two-star rank.
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It was a dismal day at Frederick when the news was promulgated that General Hooker was relieved of the command .
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Army officers whose commissions were based on nothing more than a personal friendship with Santa Anna were relieved of their commands .
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This is exactly what happened when John MacLeod was relieved of his command .
take
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John Bond's side never got a look in as Quakers took command in the first half hour.
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It swept a road weekend in Arizona and thereby took command of the conference race.
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Women are taking command of organised crime: negotiating syndicate structures, mapping strategy, clinching deals and ordering executions.
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He directed me to take command .
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About ten years later this policy was changed, enabling senior officers to take command .
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However, Lincoln took command , using an 11-4 edge for the victory.
use
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But to change the text, you had to exit that mode, using a specific command , and enter edit mode.
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To display both documents, use the WordPerfect Window command .
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Unfortunately the filters used in the command module were the wrong shape to fit into the lunar module.
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The same Program Item can be included in several program groups by selecting it and using the copy command .
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All statements can also be used as direct commands .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relieve sb of their post/duties/command etc
your wish is my command
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Admiral Collingwood gave the command to open fire.
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An officer stood on one of the tanks and began shouting commands through a loudspeaker.
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Fire when I give the command .
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If any of the King's subjects refused to obey one of his commands, they were put to death.
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These pilots belong to the Southern Air Command .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A 12-hour alarm sounds off at your command .
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I heard him give a command and right after the command it sounded like a lightning crash....
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I ignored his command and took off after him, racing along as fast as my legs could carry me.
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Money Your finances are looking healthy and you feel confident that you're in command of your cash.
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That protecting Union line once broken left my command not only on the right flank but obliquely in rear of it.
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The command structure, then, began at court and centred around the king.
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The Allied command was not unified.
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We do advise you to dig out the manual that came with your modem to help make sense of the relevant commands.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ability
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The interest of the episode lies in Gloucester's ability to command his brother's men, even in controversial assignments.
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And in those 50 years, the ability of members to command outside income has been vastly eroded.
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She knew its subterranean power, its ability to command loyalty.
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A neutral head of proved ability who would command the confidence of the Nation is hard to find.
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It doesn't say much for her ability to command respect - and respect is not the same as fear.
army
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If Krupp commanded his armies of workers, Richard Wagner expected total subservience from his audience.
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Short was a three-star lieutenant general commanding the Army in Hawaii.
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But he still commands the army , and the loyalty of many of its officers.
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Montgomery was appointed to command the Eighth Army .
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Similar concerns exist about the respect that the armed forces chief, Admiral Widodo, commands among senior army officers.
attention
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If any sector commands attention for the immediate future of food, it is the women.
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Fund raising and development of new academy facilities will likely command the attention of her successor.
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It has an urgency and personalization that commands attention .
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The megaliths command our attention , inspiring us with awe and curiousity.
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Although the place has periodically been a restaurant as well as a bar, never before has the food commanded such attention .
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The dinosaurs alone have commanded as much popular attention as the rest of the fossil animal kingdom combined.
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However, it is the watch tower beside them that commands the attention .
fee
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Sridevi commands a fee of around £40,000 a movie.
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If her program beats me, her broker could use that to command higher fees .
fleet
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Ariabignes, one of the older half-brothers, commanded the fleets of Ionia and Karia.
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The appointment of Nagumo, whose speciality was torpedo warfare, to command the First Air Fleet was an example.
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In August of the following year he commanded another fleet bringing Louis much needed reinforcements.
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Rear-Admiral von Reuter, anticipating renewed conflict, commanded his fleet of seventy-two ships to be either scuttled or beached.
force
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Not only do they command force , but they exert a moral appeal as well.
loyalty
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Yet open markets still command intense loyalty .
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But in the long run the city of Mondovi could not command the loyalties of its dependent territory.
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She knew its subterranean power, its ability to command loyalty .
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Much will depend on whether the government of Mr Hun Sen can continue to command the loyalty of its troops and bureaucrats.
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He commands uncommon loyalty from workers despite sometimes harsh personnel policies.
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Because of this tradition and the power of their numbers, these organizations command deep loyalty from the workers.
majority
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The National Party, the party of government since 1948, continues to command a majority in the House of Assembly.
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Even in re-election, he fell a shade shy of commanding a majority .
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Proposals for the expansion of post-school education are therefore likely to command majority support.
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Such coalitions are especially important in legislatures where no single party commands a majority .
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The difficulty is to find a solution that will command majority support in the House.
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He insisted that his new administration could command a majority in the country's 38-member legislature.
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Last year they still commanded a majority - 54 percent.
price
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The idea is to reward young artists who would rarely command their highest price on the first sale.
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Tighter health budgets mean new drugs have to be very good indeed to command high prices .
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But local producers have lesser reputations and command lower export prices .
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For example, Treasury 10.5% 1999 at present commands a price of £104 15/16 to give a gross redemption yield of 10.01%.
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Guillaume was interested in him again as his work was beginning to command higher prices .
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Let market forces rip, they thought, and talent would automatically command its market price .
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It's a pity the recommended individual commanded too high a price .
squadron
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Before he was shot down he commanded a Hurricane squadron and was promoted Wing Commander while he was recovering from his injuries.
stage
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On the company news front, brewing giant Whitbread commanded centre stage .
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Amid the glorious columned arches and baroque ornamentation of the Academy, Frederick Taylor commanded center stage .
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From the moment he appeared, bathed in white-hot light, Manson commanded the stage .
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Carter turns out to be formidable, commanding and a real stage actress.
support
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Programmes would wither away if they did not command sufficient local support .
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This is an all-star team that commands support and respect.
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The coterie of would-be revolutionaries commanded no widespread support .
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It is a standard which even today does not command the support of a majority of this Court....
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Proposals for the expansion of post-school education are therefore likely to command majority support .
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There are other changes which would command general support .
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Clearly, this is a programme which could command considerable support , but its development has been impeded by several problems.
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The difficulty is to find a solution that will command majority support in the House.
unit
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He, himself, commanded a unit and its armoury included two Thompson sub-machine guns.
view
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The lighthouse and cottages are still lived in and command extensive views of Hull waterfront and the Humber Bridge.
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From the porch of Fembank, he had a commanding view of Mitford.
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Its most impressive feature, a large round tower or donjon, commands an eastern view of the Dee estuary.
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Though the summit commands a view of many miles in all directions, no sign of man is any longer visible.
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I ran into the house and upstairs into Mrs Goreng's dressing-room, which commanded the best view .
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Her porch commanded a view fit for an empress.
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But it was kind of him to have organised this - and at least they would command a good view of the bridge.
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Now bereft of roofs and windows, its sightless eyes command a superb view of the Swale far below.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
your wish is my command
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Admiral Boyle commanded the entire crew to assemble on deck.
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Dr. Young commands a great deal of respect as a surgeon.
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Ford Motor Co. commands 16% of the market.
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Giannuli's office commands a view of the Capitol Dome in Sacramento.
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Lee commanded the 101st Airborne division in World War II.
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The King had the power to command that parliament be dissolved.
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Traditionally, miners commanded higher wages than other workers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Almost all those provisions command bipartisan support.
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And yet you command me - speaking with your father's voice - to answer you.
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Her porch commanded a view fit for an empress.
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I commanded an officers training corps.
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Its most impressive feature, a large round tower or donjon, commands an eastern view of the Dee estuary.
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Received opinion in the art world is that he could command tens of thousands for each portrait.
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Top free agent tackles have been commanding $ 3 million a year.