Sentence examples for create a stranglehold on from inspiring English sources

"He has expanded and perverted his role as a political adviser to create a stranglehold on county government".

Captain Hassan said the undergrowth of corruption was so thick that saboteurs, smugglers and even members of the guard force work together with low-level government employees to create a stranglehold on oil proceeds.

Three decades of ideologically driven pro-market change, combined with an ever-greater ability of the rich to influence the political process, has created a stranglehold for the top 1% on the political agenda.

But their opponents say the Bells, which used rates from their government-sanctioned monopolies to build their vast local networks, are simply trying to change the law to create a new stranglehold on D.S.L.

By pushing the cost through the roof, they keep a stranglehold on the capability to create grand scale projects and the access to the considerable financial upsides of the hits.

Google: Thriving, a colossus in digital advertising with a stranglehold on search, the kind of company that creates billion dollar businesses out of secondary products.

Mr Sharon created Kadima to break free from the national-religious settler movement, which had put a stranglehold on the Likud party.

In remarks to Mr. Pence and an assembled group of regional officials on Monday, Mr. Guaidó said that he remained resolute in the face of a setback and called on allies to create a "more powerful and effective" stranglehold on Mr. Maduro's government.

This year, after two losses created a familiar feeling of dread, the Giants responded by dismantling the Packers and putting themselves in position to put a stranglehold on the division with another victory against the Redskins.

Since then, Federer has had a stranglehold on this event.

Oxbridge graduates also have a stranglehold on top jobs.