Sentence examples for acquire more control over from inspiring English sources

In the longer term, growth with equity requires that the food-insecure poor acquire more control over resources so that the benefits of growth are shared more equitably, which will of itself lead to more growth.

The company's chief financial officer, Bob Dyrbus, said on a conference call with journalists that Imperial acquired the Davidoff rights so that it could gain more control over modifying the brand or expanding in new countries.

In April 2010, H.P. made a bold move to gain more control over the software powering its products by paying $1.2 billion to acquire Palm, maker of the WebOS operating system for mobile devices.

Shareholders would also gain more control over stock option plans.

Last year it was the first area outside London to acquire "city-region" status, giving it more control over policies on transport, housing, trade promotion, training and early education.Yet all is not sweetness and light, either within Greater Manchester or with its near neighbours, Liverpool and Leeds.

The change in leadership up top has been seen by many as an effort by Facebook to assert more control over the company it acquired in March of 2014 for $2 billion.

Clearly Microsoft would have preferred more control over its own mobile ecosystem (and even acquired Nokia to establish a hardware foothold), but for now, it's going to have to rely on Google and Apple's offerings.

"No more control over them.

People need more control over their lives.

They have more control over their lives, more control over the learning process.

There is more and more control over our lives.