Sentence examples for essentially owned from inspiring English sources

Cleopatra essentially owned Egypt.

When other heirs sold their shares, he essentially owned the house in common with strangers.

But if Hutu Power essentially owned Rwanda, who owned Hutu Power?

All land is essentially owned by the Tongan monarchy, but large estates have been divided among the country's nobles.

Some black musicians contended that they essentially owned jazz and that it was being stolen from them by whites.

Unlike Mr. Melcher, they had not considered the circumstances under which the risky mortgages they essentially owned had been granted.

"At the moment, Arafat essentially owns the battle over the hearts and minds".

Once that is completed, Fiat will essentially own all the Chrysler stock that is not held by the VEBA.

In Manchester United, Glazer would essentially own the Yankees of soccer, a team with expanding markets in the United States and Asia.

"We essentially own the inn Friday, Saturday and Sunday and have multiple activities going on, versus just having the event on Sunday last year".

If News Corporation buys the team, it would essentially own the television rights, and prevent Cuban from possibly starting a regional network with the Rangers and the Mavericks as linchpins.