Isis did not have a complete monopoly of power in the city and did want to alienate its people.
It has an almost complete monopoly in delivery, and is still the dominant company in all other areas of the trade.
Also, one has an almost complete monopoly over the ceremonies held in nearby houses, and this can double or triple one's income.
Russia has an almost complete monopoly over Bulgaria's energy market, said Ognyan Minchev, director of the Bulgarian office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
The rights of public expression and assembly are sharply limited; minorities, especially in Tibet and Xinjiang Province, are repressed; and the party exercises a nearly complete monopoly on political decision making.
It calls this a "singularly misguided policy", explaining that "To put the press out of action gives a most dangerous power to the Government, which … will enjoy a complete monopoly in the distribution of news and views".
Consequently, people play more.Camelot boasts the biggest lottery only because it has a complete monopoly (unlike most other countries) and as a result the largest national market.Market research given to the lottery's regulator at the time we made our bid indicated clearly that more people would play if they felt that all the profits were going to good causes.
Ms. Hoffman, who is a Jerusalem city council member from the liberal Meretz Party, said the ruling "is moving the Western Wall out of the complete monopoly of the ultra-Orthodox," and will make it possible for the first time to hold bat mitzvah services there for girls.
In 1905 the Wright brothers enjoyed a complete monopoly on heavier-than-air aviation.
"Funai is not the most transparent organisation, and they have complete monopoly on what happens to remote people in Brazil," Hill says.
