Sentence examples for assert full control from inspiring English sources

The European Commission's antitrust regulators approved Vodafone AirTouch P.L.C.'s $180 billion takeover of Mannesmann A.G., clearing the way for the fast-growing British mobile telephone company, headed by Chris Gent, to assert full control over Mannesmann's cellular operations in Germany, Italy and elsewhere in Europe.

In Syria on Thursday, opposition activists reported that government forces supported by tanks raided a suburb of Damascus in what appeared to be part of a widening military campaign in neighborhoods where the rebels are strong and the government is unable to assert full control.

As part of a push to assert full control of Tikrit, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by Shi'ite militia fighters, have been attacking Islamic State-held towns and villages south and west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Peshmerga sources said.

Mr Lahoud, who appointed the detained security bosses in the first place and has ignored calls to sack the now-implicated chief of his own guard, cannot yet be constitutionally ousted but faces near-total isolation.Still, the new government headed by Fouad Siniora, drawn from the old "opposition", has yet, despite a strong parliamentary majority and international backing, to assert full control.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Gunfire and shelling rocked Damascus, Syria, and its suburbs on Wednesday as opponents of President Bashar al-Assad reported a widening campaign by the military to sow fear and death in neighborhoods where the rebels are strong and the government is too weak to assert full control.

The English Crown did not assert full control of Ireland until 1541, when the Irish Parliament bestowed the title of King of Ireland on Henry VIII after an uprising by the Earl of Kildare threatened regal hegemony.

The left wing has asserted full control of Twitter now, so the right wing will just have to make do with #Gab, #WeSearchr, Breitbart, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the White House.

The assault comes after tribal fighters and al-Qaeda militants asserted full control of the city.

A6 Peace Talks in Indonesia Indonesia said it would open peace talks with separatist rebels of tsunami-devastated Aceh Province, a move intended to assert full government control over the region.

Once he had asserted his "full control" over her by this violation, she was so confused by what had happened and terrified by his threats that she let him sell her on for sex with his middle-aged male clients.

"We have full control".