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Example sentences for: commanding

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According to the NYT lead, some things suspected in yesterday's Timor coverage are now confirmed: The U.S. is preparing to fulfill a primarily logistical role, particularly by providing air transport to the ground troops, who will be supplied by other nations; the force will probably be led by Australian troops (and an Australian commanding general); and the Indonesians are expressing a preference for, but not insisting on, a predominantly Asian force.
Each soldier in an army division is someone's son, but we do not expect the commanding general to manage all of them the way their mothers would.
North of the town, a commanding view over all the New Territories to the north can be seen from Tai Mo Shan, Hong Kong’s highest peak at 957 m (3,140 ft).
Thus a new serious biography has a commanding, basic importance.
In contrast, it is widely assumed that Putin would be prepared to do whatever it takes to assure that the Yeltsin family remains a commanding presence in Russian politics."