Sentence examples for attempting to gain control of from inspiring English sources
Owens alleges that Merriouns was attempting to gain control of the unit.
The king refused, convinced that the politicians were attempting to gain control of the army, which he considered subject only to royal authority.
Courter's rhetoric is reminiscent of his former colleague Trent Lott Trent Lott, who, as a senator in 1999, demanded that the Senate Armed Services Committee investigate the possibility that China was trying to undermine U.S. security by attempting to gain control of the Panama Canal via a long-term contract to operate ports on both ends of the passage won by subsidiaries of Hutchison-Whampoa.
The political situation at the time was complex, as King James was ill and Charles attempting to gain control of the government.
Senator McClellan accused Hoffa of attempting to gain control of the nation's economy and set himself up as a sort of private government.
His cousin Thomas, a lawyer who had acquired the manor on Edmund's behalf, fought a lawsuit attempting to gain control of the property; however in 1716, Edward Nicholas of Newton Valence took ownership of South Stoneham, purchasing it from Edmund Dummer's daughter, Jane.
Oxdon has previously attempted to gain control of Steinberg, but two earlier proposals were unsuccessful.
Dr Mohamed goes on to cite an article published on The Flightglobal.com in 2006, which claims the CIA has the power to control aircrafts "remotely by radio or satellite if terrorists attempt to gain control of the flight deck".
Major League Baseball is studying a series of initiatives, including the fingerprinting of youths under the age of 16, as it attempts to gain control of the age and identity problems it has encountered in signing players in the Dominican Republic, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
First, hackers in the IoT may attempt to gain control of internet-enabled devices, causing negative consequences in the physical world.
