Sentence examples for concede control from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile the president has been forced to concede control of the southern port city of Kismayo to a former warlord, backed by neighbouring Kenya.

The bank, which declined to comment, has sunk to a loss and needs to raise £1.5bn under a controversial proposal that will require the Co-operative Group to concede control of the bank after pressure from two major US hedge funds.

In fact, if the deal signals anything at all, it is that Britain's banking industry might be in for a bit more consolidation.For all the huffing and puffing about whether the Irish central bank would concede control of the country's second-largest bank after Allied Irish Bank, regulators in both countries seem unlikely to stop it.

Accies were in no mood to concede control of the game and Dougie Imrie's first-time left foot volley cracked the outside of the post.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on Russian television to confirm that Syria would concede control of its chemical weapons.

"Barak cannot make a deal without conceding control of East Jerusalem," he said.

While Democrats have all but given up hope that the political or economic climate will improve substantially before the election, they are not conceding control of the House.

Though the Islamist movement won the PA elections last year, Fatah had never conceded control of the PA's forces, and Hamas had formed its own "Executive Force" in Gaza in response.

Spain is willing to concede operational control but insists that its right to sovereignty over the base area, as well as the rest of Gibraltar, must be recognised.Britain sees the principle of shared sovereignty as the definitive solution.

If the Celtic unions refuse to concede commercial control to the clubs, a move that would mean BT televised the tournament, not Sky, the English clubs would then focus on the Anglo-Welsh league, a competition the regions believe would increase their turnovers.

He is not eager to concede that control of the Senate could hinge on his seat — though it very well could — but he hopes the warning cry will prompt his loyal Democratic followers to rally to his side in a challenging election year.