Sentence examples similar to contests for control over from inspiring English sources

The contest for control over budgets, particularly in the Western world, began centuries ago and at times was the main relationship between monarchs and their subjects.

Soccer, however many are on the field, is essentially an ongoing series of contests for control within a larger struggle.

Croydon is host to one of London's tightest contests for control of the town hall.

The contest between mayors and governors for control over Federal favors reached an almost comic peak last April when Pres ident Nixon invited 11 mayors, including Mr. Lindsay, to the White House for a talk about city problems.

With three days to go before polling day, the contest for control in the Senate will therefore be fought over 10 battleground states.

Tensions between neighborhood leaders fighting a surge in medical marijuana dispensaries and the industry's increasingly assertive supporters spilled into neighborhood politics over the weekend in a bitter contest for control of the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council.

WASHINGTON -- With just over nine weeks remaining before Election Day 2014, the contest for control of the U.S. Senate likely hinges on the outcome of a half-dozen races that remain remarkably close, according to the latest public polls.

Gradually the war became a contest for control of Egypt.

Democrats have a financial advantage in the contest for control of the House of Representatives.

In July Todd launched a proxy contest for control of Birmingham.

They were fighting for control over Korea and Manchuria.