Sentence examples for assert controls from inspiring English sources

City officials have resisted any move by the state to assert controls over its $112 million annual budget.

If Assad refuses, or imperils the safety of refugees, we should assert control of them.

Chinese authorities have also sought to assert control by directly warning some online services.

"One reason the riots happened is that powerless people were trying to assert control desperately.

So far their efforts to assert control have been of little consequence.

A desire to assert control is a common factor among victims of eating disorders.

Both men used a fiscal crisis to assert control over city government.

To assert control, the Russians began resettling the region with ethnic Russians and Cossacks.

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

Both Elysia and Eva desperately want to inhabit and assert control of their own bodies.

Syria's historic ability to assert control over Lebanon is weakening.