Sentence examples for assert control over the from inspiring English sources

They argued it would also help the weak Lebanese government assert control over the entire country.

China's efforts to assert control over the South China Sea has heightened military tensions.

Analysts said that Mr. Tusk was determined to assert control over the armed services.

Japan and the US believe the zone is an attempt by China to assert control over the islands.

Some of Khan's political opponents doubt both his capacity to assert control over the military and his intentions.

An eagerness to assert control over the police and intelligence services is often a sign of trouble ahead.

Moscow ought not to be allowed to assert control over the export of Caspian energy through Georgia.

At the time of the events in question he did not fail to assert control over the fields which he now claims were the sole responsibility of others.

At least five detainees were subjected to "rectal feeding" and "rectal hydration," often without any medical necessity, as a way to humiliate and assert control over the individual.

Five people were killed on the police force's second day trying to assert control over the capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in 10 years.

Spokesmen for the First Armored Division, which is trying to assert control over the area, could not be reached for comment early Monday.