Sentences with phrase «under the command of»

Britain sent its West Indies Squadron, under the command of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock to deal with von Spee.

The multiple changes in course reportedly suggest the plane was still under the command of a pilot, but as Smith pointed out, it's hard to know for sure.

Along the way they were blocked by government riot police forces known as the Berkut, armed with plexiglass riot shields, helmets, and billy clubs, under the command of a general who was an ethnic Russian.

Are we to believe that the physical laws that we under command of came about by accident?

The images were a literary device of St John the Divine to write about the sacking of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple in 70 A.D by the Roman legions under the command of Nero.

I think this Drone success is too much for these religious fanatic to handel cooming under the command of President Obama!

A war party of 90 settlers was raised and placed under the command of John Mason.

Once established as king, he was able to augment his private army with thousands of Israelite soldiers, under the command of seasoned and able generals.

I pleased myself with thinking that those mutinous billows, under the command of Him who does all things rightly, might probably furnish me with a watery grave.

Here Bultmann agrees perfectly with Karl Barth, who says in his commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, that understanding is under the command of the object of faith.

of course some people would try to resist at some point, regardless of the threats (though there will always be those who love living under the command of a seemingly omnipresent, omniscient being.

It was precisely the «well regulated militia» under the command of President and General Geo.

In 1814, Captain Maunsel White, at the age of 31, was placed in charge of a white mens militia regiment, named the Louisiana Blues, under the command of Major Jean Baptiste Plauch, who reported directly to Major General Andrew Jackson, commander of the Seventh Military District and the United States forces in the Gulf campaign against Britains blockade of American ports.

Under the command of Jack Nicklaus, a dozen American golfers narrowly defeated a team of Europeans for the»83 Ryder Cup

A statement said the player «will join up with the first team for preseason training under the command of coach Zinedine Zidane.»

«Real Madrid C. F. have informed Juventus FC of their decision to salvage the federative rights on the player Álvaro Morata, who will join up with the first team for pre-season training under the command of Zinedine Zidane.»

(5) conducting space operations of the Space Corps under the command of the Commander of the United States Space Command.

Kurunmi, generalissimo of the Oyo imperial army, bated himself to self - ruin by his classic confrontation with Ibadan, the Oyo imperial garrison, under the command of Basorun Ogunmola, in those 19th century years of blood, gore and plunder, in the pre-colonial Yoruba country.

He explained that a task force has consequently been constituted at the Force headquarters under the command of ACP Mohammed Dankwara to ensure compliance to the directive while state commissioners of police are to replicate same at their commands.

The Governor disclosed that having zero tolerance for any form of crime, and in fulfilment of the campaign promise made by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Federal Government has concluded plans to upgrade the Military Brigade in Sokoto into a Division under the command of a Major General, and the Battalions in Katsina and Zamfara to the status of Brigades, each under the charge of a Brigadier General.

The Nigerian Army said yesterday that its troops under the command of 1st division, Kaduna have killed two notorious headsmen that specialize in cattle rustling and was also responsible for the death of seven innocent indigenes of Kaduna state.

There is the Nigerian Army that is under the command of President Muhammed Buhari and then there is an army of gangsters and criminals that is commanded by Gov. Wike.

We are highly committed to making sure Biafra comes under the command of our ordained leader and prophet, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.»

Don't forget that it was under the command of President Buhari that over 400 unarmed Shiites were killed by the Nigerian military.

FEMA backed them up as they requested, and the National Guard [who are under State control] helped if needed under command of the Governor.

Cells engineered to produce insulin under the command of a smartphone helped keep blood sugar levels within normal limits in diabetic mice, a new study reports.

The first is the British Expedition under the command of Capt, R. F. Scott, who was the leader of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901 to 1904.

The answer is that your body under the command of your subconscious mind programming will do everything to keep the set point.

Unfortunately, while he was away, all of the fairy tale villains decided to stage a hilarious coup under the command of the spited Prince Charming searching for his «Happily Ever After».

Under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer, the crew of the first warp five starship (the Enterprise NX - 01) begin to explore the galaxy.

The soldiers recruited to search for him, under the command of Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks, once again playing the easily charming Everyman), are understandably perturbed by the subtext of their mission, which seems to be that saving the life of one Private Ryan is worth risking the lives of eight more soldiers.

The ships are traveling together under the command of Sir John Franklin (Ciarán Hinds).

The Earthling team sent to Pandora includes government officials headed by Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi), the scientific team led by Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and the militia of a corporate consortium under the command of Col. Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang).

Seems the Red Bull herded all the unicorns away under command of evil King Haggard (Christopher Lee); will the last unicorn follow her now - human heart into the arms of dashing Prince Lir (Jeff Bridges), or remember her duty to her kind and free them from bondage?

With several horcruxes destroyed, the trio set about locating and destroying the remaining pieces of the evil figure's soul, with the stately confines of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry — now under the command of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman, Alice In Wonderland)-- their final destination in a search that has traversed the enchanted world.

Gist: Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling.

You play as one of four characters compromising the «Renegade Ops» - outfit, under the command of their big - muscled - big - mustachioed leader General Bryant.

SYNOPSIS: In France in 1918, a group of soldiers under the command of a disintegrating officer, are given a mission by their Colonel which they're told will help bring about the -LSB-...]

However, before he knows it, he's been shanghaied for service under the command of the nefarious pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and his cunning daughter Angelica (Penélope Cruz) who are desperate to find the life - extending waters.

The Romans under the command of General Titus (Anthony Hopkins, Mission Impossible 2, Instinct) is returning victorious from his conquest of the Goths.

Fast forward a bit and we learn that little Peter has become quite the space pirate under the command of the ever blue Yondu (Michael Rooker).

Meanwhile, the First Order, under the command of General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson), has tracked down the last remaining rebel base, but General Leia (the late Carrie Fisher) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) aren't giving up without a fight.

This prequel to the movie 300 features bloody battles on the sea when the Greeks, under the command of General Themistocles, pull together a group of soldiers to face the forces of a Persian army lead by Xerxes.

Once simply known as Jadotville, the film is set in 1961 and follows the real - life events around the siege of an Irish UN battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops under the command of French and Belgian mercenaries paid by big mining companies.

The brilliant Chiwetel Ejiofor plays rebel Luke, under the command of Julian Taylor (Julianne Moore).

John Lennon gets second billing in How I Won the War (Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Blu - ray), Lester's farce of confused priorities and skewed war stories in World War II but is no more than simply another member of the ensemble of confused, distracted and goofing soldiers under the command of Michael Crawford's eager but incompetent Lt. Goodbody, a cheery upper class twit promoted to officer by virtue of class rather than any talent, intelligence or aptitude for leadership.

Who: Saorsie Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett and Olivia Williams What: A girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is sent on a mission across Europe while eluding operatives under the command of a ruthless CIA agent.

This vessel happened to be under the command of Sir Francis Haddock, the ancestor of Archibald Haddock.

One hundred and seventeen nations then vote to put them under the command of the United Nations, oblivious to the likelihood that they might be needed with almost no advance notice.

An American everyman (Depp) is picked out of a crowd by the most beautiful woman on screen, followed by police and foreign agents (led by a ruthlessly obsessive Paul Bettany), targeted by international gangsters (under the command of vaguely Russian baddie Steven Berkoff) and batted around by opportunistic Italian cops.