Sentence examples for competition for control over from inspiring English sources
But there are also networks and overlays of crime, corruption, political power plays, ethnic rivalries and local factions in competition for control over vital areas.
In that context, the prospect of the vast proceeds of globally scarce natural resources greatly sharpens competition for control over them.
This grand rivalry has begun with an intense competition for control over pipeline routes that will carry Caspian oil to foreign markets.
Laughter – in a competition for control over your ribcage in your brain between laughter and breathing and speaking – laughter will always win.
An Obama offer for more cooperation will likely result in a real competition for control over policy within the Iranian government, weakening the entire regime as a whole.
The competition for control of the Caliph ended in 945, when the Buyid Ahmad took over the position of amir al-umara with the title of Mu'izz al-Dawla.
After 1810, American and British fur trading companies were in competition for control of the North American fur trade, and American sovereignty over the region was not secured until the signing of the Oregon Treaty in 1846.
J.R. DeShazo & Jody Freeman, The Congressional Competition for Control of Delegated Power, 81 Tex.
