Sentence examples for control the province from inspiring English sources
Mohammad Naeem, the governor of Helmand, has reportedly said that the takeover of the base by his forces can go ahead because they are now able to control the province without foreign help.
But the immediate cause of the latest upheaval is the assault by the Tutsi rebels of General Laurent Nkunda on Goma and their attempt to control the province of North Kivu; the general, who says he just wants to protect his fellow Tutsis, is egged on by the Tutsi-led government of next-door Rwanda, which is a favourite of many Western governments, especially America's.
After the failure of these endeavours, the ambitious Sayf al-Dawla turned towards Syria, where he confronted the ambitions of the Ikhshidids of Egypt to control the province.
Prior to announcing the 2013 provincial budget Kennedy warned that if expediters were not brought under control the province could face a $1.6 billion deficit for the coming fiscal year and that the province's debt could increase by $4 billion in three years.
The British were to control the provinces of Baghdad and Basra and have influence further north.
Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed President, exercises little political control outside Kabul and is struggling to undercut the authority of local warlords, who effectively control the provinces.
The Houthis, who are widely believed to be supported by Iran, already control the provinces of Saada and Omran north of the capital.
But George's rival, the Hungarian king Matthias I, continued to claim the Bohemian throne and to control the provinces of Moravia, Silesia, and Upper and Lower Lusatia.
Led by Andal Ampatuan Sr., the governor of Maguindanao, the Ampatuans have controlled the province as their fief since early this decade.
In the north the Houthis, who follow the Zaidi school of Shia Islam, have more or less controlled the province of Saada since the uprising of 2011.
The international community assumed administrative control of the province, including control over the health sector.
