Sentence examples for acquired control from inspiring English sources

It also acquired control of the Long Island Railroad Company.

If April acquired control over the core, it could be paid for protecting it.

He eventually acquired control of $630 million in face amount of the bond issue.

When Deutsche Morgan Grenfell acquired control of Piaggio in 1999, it outbid the Texas Pacific Group.

Guryev had acquired control of the company at a bargain price while two other large stakeholders were sidelined.

The SLEC agreement required EM.TV to get Bambino's permission if a broadcaster acquired control of Speed.

Mr Pinault acquired control of a small stake in Le Monde in the 1990s.

In 1971 he acquired control of the Swiss-based mutual-fund empire Investors Overseas Services IOSS).

He took over Dole, part of a larger company, Castle & Cooke, which he acquired control of in 1985.

Sterling Investment Partners acquired control of the company in 2007 and invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the concept.

Veeck returned to baseball in 1959, when he headed a group that acquired control of the AL's Chicago White Sox.