Sentences with phrase «by the command of»

Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little» (Surah XVII, 85), indicates that the identification of the soul is His own concern and that the human mind is too limited to understand such a supernatural reality.

I thought they were convinced to go and kill others by the commands of their priests and kings...

It is generally believed that he was executed by command of the emperor Nero, probably in the year 64.

Nevertheless, that which was commanded in these laws could be almost equally well expressed by the commands of obedience and justice.

It is a mysticism which may culminate in such ecstatic signs as that experienced by St. Francis; but its essence is the personal union of spirit with the love of Christ in a way of life guided by the command of complete devotion.

The same holds true for the rest of the Old Testament (and the entire Bible), including the descriptions of Israelite violence by the command of God.

[44] It is no surprise that at the Reformation the Protestants rejected both the Mass and the priesthood - the two are inseparably linked by the command of Christ Himself.

That led to the additional condition that the divorce does not occur if the absence is caused by the command of the ruler.

Thes sshole in question was hurt very badly by an American woman, shamed his family and has reverted to the old ways by command of his father.

Puppy «Come»: One thing all puppy dogs should learn is to come when his owner calls immediately, responding to his name by the command of «Come» or a whistle.

His comments here and elsewhere over time make clear that his skepticism is informed not by his command of the evidence and of the scientific method as it is practiced by actual scientists, but by his disdain for «orthodoxy» and his resentment at being told he doesn't know what he's talking about.

In his latest analysis, Steve McIntyre turns his attention to the «Government Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee 8th Report of Session 2009 - 10: The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change by Command of Her Majesty».

If she is ill with this disease, is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord?

The medal is presented by command of Queen Elizabeth II in commemoration of the 60h anniversary of her accession to the throne, while recognizing Corrigan's contributions to Canada.

Not exact matches

By Saturday up to 200 employees drafted from merchandising, logistics, supply chain and human resources teams were marshaling people and goods from Home Depot's buzzing five - room command center filled with monitors tracking the storm and maps of the hurricane region pasted on walls.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

Three rival companies, founded by scientific pioneers in this field — Editas Medicine, Intellia Therapeutics, and CRISPR Therapeutics — have gone public this year, and together command a market cap of nearly $ 1.7 billion.

«As each natural disaster goes by, we hone our processes already in place so we can react quicker and faster the next time this happens,» said Pete Capel, a 26 - year Home Depot veteran and merchandising executive in charge of the hurricane command center.

Much of the cocaine from the region — Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru are the world's biggest producers — travels to the US, plying sea and air routes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, as shown by the map below, which was prepared by US Southern Command and displayed at the hearing.

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Commanded by a colonel, the entire 3rd brigade of the 1st Armored Division was spread out for miles around the sandy grounds, partaking in a large exercise called Bulldog Focus.

By now, many of us have heard about or might even own one of the popular, sleek multi-functional voice - first devices, such as the Amazon Echo, also known as «Alexa», the name used when waking the device to give a verbal command.

In 2006 he joined Coach as head of its Japan business; he rose to head its international division, and by 2013 he'd been named second - in - command and was being groomed for the top job.

And Keurig, the pod - brewing system made by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, is the undisputed leader of the pack in North America; it commands a reported 40 % of the market in Canada.

We think a lot about Nixon's downfall in the wake of Watergate, but few recall he won the job by commanding electoral landslides (and even beat John F. Kennedy in the popular vote back in 1960).

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

Snyder estimates that Paralympians command only about a third of what Olympians are paid by sponsors.

Capt. Kathleen Atanasoff, a spokeswoman for AFCENT, cautioned that the numbers released by the command — which includes assets and actions under the Combined Forces Air Component Commander, or CFACC — don't reflect the «entirety of kinetic activity in OIR,» such as assets belonging to coalition partners or other U.S. components, like the Combined Joint Land Component Commander and Special Operations Joint Task Force.

The company is backed by Silver Lake and GIC Private, and commands a valuation of about $ 2.6 billion, according to Reuters.

Leakers and whistleblowers often are motivated by a lack of trust in their chain of command.

After years of iPhone users getting let down by Siri, the first truly mainstream voice agent, Amazon billed the Echo as a speaker that, by the way, has a few smart voice commands built in.

Significant incremental adoption of SES Networks» O3b based services by the U.S. Department of Defense was the main driver of growth in U.S. Government revenue with more than 20 sites in operation and more than five gigabits per second now under contract, most recently with U.S. Africa Command.

Palm was ultimately acquired by HP for a fraction of the value it once commanded.

He is renowned for his ability to «command a room and work a crowd,» not surprising coming from a one - time member of a hip hop band that opened for acts like the Wu - Tang Clan and Naughty by Nature.

It does this by «onboarding» those apps to its own platform, mapping different sequences of touch inputs within those apps to certain voice commands.

If you can possibly stomach it, switching from a more command - and - control style to motivating your team by helping them understand the meaning of their work will probably help you get the most out of your younger team members.

Nirav leads by example and commands the loyalty of the team.

That statistic does not include star turns by the likes of Donald Trump and Ellen DeGeneres, who command upward of $ 200,000 for a single appearance.

Although it commands just 15 per cent of the smartphone market, compared to more than 80 per cent for devices running Google's Android software, the company is responsible for more than half the profits earned by smartphone manufacturers worldwide (some estimates now put the number as high as 93 %).

He's equally stunned by his abandonment of the command - and - control leadership style.

But as Coach reined in its prestige - sapping ubiquity, hired a hot fashion designer in Stuart Vevers and ramped up the caliber of its bags, as exemplified by its pricey but coveted Rogue line, it has been able to command ever higher prices, and more crucially, set itself apart from rivals like Michael Kors (kors) and Kate Spade (kate).

Commenting on his entrepreneurial journey with Wrappup, Salman said, «It's been a wild ride for sure, from a simple idea at a hackathon, to a working prototype in 24 hours, to the current state of the platform driven by predictive A.I. and voice commands - it's been an incredible experience.

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The deal is a notable drop from the $ 70 billion valuation Uber once commanded, and is a humbling coda on a rough year for the company, which has been rocked by a series of scandals.

The federal policy of regulating emitters sector by sector — «command and control,» as business likes to call the approach — also carries hidden costs.

By issuing the correct voice commands, Alexa will wake up users with the song, playlist, or news channel of their choice.

Home assistants that connect to the internet to answer inquiries and parse voice commands are at risk, just like anything else online, of being compromised or being misused by their creators.

Analyst Tom Tien at Taiwan - based TrendForce estimates that Amazon and Google commanded 87.2 % of global smart speaker market share in 2017 followed by Alibaba and Xiaomi at 4 % and 3 % respectively.

A recent study surprisingly indicates an about face when it comes to the social giant's organic reach; where photos used to command a huge amount of engagement and organic visibility, that honor has now been usurped by video.

The order is usually given by a commanding officer as a form of discipline, but in the #GiveMe20 social media campaign it's taking on a new meaning as a visible sign of support for veterans.