Commanded
Due
Due adjective - Having reached the date at which payment is required.
Both words in one sentence
- Due to reductions in numbers of squadrons, in the UK a Squadron is usually commanded by a Wing Commander today.
Source: Useful Notes / Common Ranks -
This (apparently) is due to their need to be commanded by a member of their leader caste, which have all died out before the other Prawns could escape the downed vessel.
Source: Puny Earthlings -
In desperation due to the ZODIAC's battling it out over Earth, eight "Kamui" fighters and a massive automatic defense army, commanded from the "Mechanized Temple", are created using this technology.
Source: Video Game / Kamui
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