Sentence examples for control a patch of from inspiring English sources

He escaped only to be captured by Chadian rebels who control a patch of territory close to the Libyan border.

Finally, in Section 4, we provide simulations of the numerical results for an example of 100 hypothetical cities when an infection starts from one cell which has three neighboring cells (respectively, the case of a cell with eight neighboring cells is investigated), while aiming to control a patch of four cells, and in another example, two patches of one and four cells, respectively.

The question we have to keep asking is whether young American men and women are being sent to fight and die so that one criminal network rather than another controls a patch of Afghanistan.

"When I was big on control, I was really big on control, know what I mean, and I controlled a patch of Yarmouth, ran nearly over to fucking Cromer, know what I mean, and what I said" — he slammed his glass on the table — "went".

The problem with formally acknowledging armed secessionist groups as soon as they gain control over a patch of territory is that it encourages new armed groups to secede, provoking yet more civil wars.

On one of those outings, Janvier Hadi — one of the team's newest members — lost control in a patch of gravel and veered off the road, flipping through the air, slamming into a stone retaining wall, and dropping into a four-foot-deep concrete storm gutter.

Even the beefiest 4X4 trucks can spin out of control on a patch of ice or through a slick curve if it's moving too quickly.

Any vehicle can spin dangerously out of control on a patch of ice or through a slick curve if it's driven without regard for the elements.

They were raising money for a local charity". Jenny Downing: "A lone ice hockey player perfects his puck control on a patch of ice that's been swept clear of snow.

Driving all four wheels might make a vehicle go faster on wet on snowy pavement, but even the beefiest 4WD trucks can spin out of control on a patch of ice or through a slick curve if driven without regard to conditions.

The Broncos were driving to a game against the Regina Pats, and due to bad weather conditions, the bus crashed after the driver lost control on a patch of black ice outside of Swift Current.