Sentence examples for control of large chunks from inspiring English sources

The government has taken control of large chunks of the financial and carmaking industries.

They have taken control of large chunks of territory in the sparsely populated, jungle area of Wanni south of the Jaffna peninsula.

Chubais had invented the loans-for-shares scheme under which businessmen took control of large chunks of the country's lucrative oil, gas and minerals sector in exchange for buying government debt at low cost.

Local troops from Iraqi Kurdistan, known as peshmerga, are back in control of large chunks of territory — including a string of towns and villages, and the strategically important Mosul Dam — lost to a shock offensive by insurgent group the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) earlier this month. .

Colombia's airforce chief, General Manuel Sandoval, took responsibility and resigned.The Colombian government ceded control of a large chunk of the Amazon jungle to the rebel forces of the FARC: peace talks will start in this "demilitarised" zone.See article: Colombia's rebel redoubtMany countries pledged aid and debt-reduction schemes for the Central American states devastated by Hurricane Mitch.

After seizing control of a large chunk of Iraq and Syria last June, and threatening Baghdad and Irbil, Isis has recently lost substantial ground in both countries.

Just an attempt to get a better price, with no wrongdoing involved, said the government.Colombia's defence minister resigned, in disagreement with a government decision to allow left-wing guerrillas to remain in control of a large chunk of jungle territory.See article: Problems for Colombian peaceEndless conflictFighting broke out again on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

With its military advances in large swathes of Syria and Iraq, IS has achieved extremist control of the largest chunk of territory in recent times.

South and west of Mogadishu the extremists still control large chunks of territory.

Public safety groups, with the backing of some members of Congress, are arguing that they need to be given control of a larger chunk of broadband spectrum — the airwaves on which wireless devices communicate with each other — to ensure that they have adequate network capacity during emergencies.

But the rebels still control large chunks of the region and thousands of Russian troops remain there.