Sentence examples for controlled the area from inspiring English sources

WHO had formerly controlled the area and its people?

With Camby at his finest, the Knicks actually controlled the area near the basket.

It flourished from 1637 to 1654, when the Dutch controlled the area.

Less than a quarter-mile on, rebels controlled the area around the Grand Mosque.

"If only the Mahdi Army controlled the area like before," he said, "it would be much better now".

Like the rebels when they controlled the area, the paramilitaries are now the law and the mediators.

The Bosnian Serb TO and the JNA completely controlled the areas surrounding the Bosnian Croat TO force.

It is based on the Kurds' controlling the area around the north's oil capital, Kirkuk.

"They are trying to control the area," he said.

The government controls the area around the capital, Freetown, while the rebels retain authority in the north and east.

Commanders with the First Infantry Division, charged with controlling the area, say most insurgents there these days are Sunnis.