Sentence examples for demanding control of from inspiring English sources

Some radical groups campaigning against the oil companies are demanding "control of resources and self-determination".

Polish workers, expressing themselves through their union, Solidarity, are demanding control of their professional lives.

Networks continue to lose audience share, and viewers — especially many of the highly prized viewers under 30 years old — are increasingly demanding control of their program choices, insisting on being able to watch shows when, where and how they want.

For this reason, as far as the eye can see and despair can stretch, the Israelis and Palestinians are doomed to play out their wretched parts: Israel possessed of the hubris of demanding control of and security in the whole Holy Land in the false colours of a mutually beneficial peace treaty; the Palestinians denied any realistic semblance of self-determination or self-respect.

Once blacks used the language of empowerment and self-determination, whites were free to do so as well: those Boston Irish-American parents resisting busing appealed to the same themes of community autonomy and rejection of outsiders that black activists did in demanding control of their schools.

MOSCOW — During his two terms as president, Vladimir V. Putin muscled a new kind of capitalism onto the Russian stage, blending government and private business, jailing tycoons and demanding control of the "commanding heights" of the economy, the petroleum companies that now pump more oil than Saudi Arabia.

The C.I.A. was particularly wary of O'Neill, who demanded control of any case that touched on an F.B.I. investigation.

He helped, recommending locations for the housing, and unlike political leaders in other communities, did not demand control of patronage.

During a testy telephone call on Sunday, Mr. Abashidze said Mr. Saakashvili demanded control of customs duties and of the Batumi port.

Meanwhile, CBS took umbrage at the first Letterman proposal because it demanded control of the future of the the time period even after Mr. Letterman retired.

The VHP has demanded control of the 67-acre area and set a deadline of today to begin building a new temple.