Sentence examples for established ascendancy from inspiring English sources

But he only established ascendancy over his party after Brown blinked and pulled back from the autumn election he had been planning that year.

Merlin-powered P-51s, equipped with jettisonable drop tanks, mounted their first long-range bomber escort missions over Germany in mid-December 1943, and they quickly established ascendancy over Germany's premier fighters, the Me 109 and the Fw 190.

She was the second wife of Philip and arrived in Spain in December 1714, whereupon she dismissed the resident royal favourite and quickly established an ascendancy over her weak husband that she continued to exercise until his death in 1746.

He soon established an ascendancy in that body, and on the death of Charles IX in 1611, it was he who extorted from the new king, Gustav II Adolf, a charter guaranteeing the nation against the royal abuses that had latterly prevailed.

St Johnstone might have thought that they could steadily play their way to dominance, since they did not react with any urgency as the home side established their ascendancy.

To the disappointment of the Catholic party, however, Mary tolerated the newly established Protestant ascendancy, and kept her half-brother Lord Moray as her chief advisor.

Lindwall brought up his maiden Test century in the Second Test and was the leading wicket-taker as Australia established its ascendancy in the post-war era.

Although he did not have to face top-class fast bowling in Test matches, he was successful against English fast bowlers such as Harold Larwood in county cricket, and he established his ascendancy over O'Reilly, the world's best bowler at the time.

All the time, he was establishing his ascendancy in the House of Commons.

His own contribution to establishing the ascendancy of the Neogrammarian position was the publication of a highly original study of nasal sounds (1876).

Both Goneril and Regan know that this protection must be torn away if they are to establish their ascendancy over their father.