Sentence examples for exercise political control from inspiring English sources
Its original purpose was to exercise political control.
If Ms. Rice's memo signals a real attempt to exercise political control over the violence and instability in Iraq, that would be welcome.
In businesses that might affect Vietnam's ability to exercise political control, including phone and Internet services, foreign companies will have to wait at least three years before they can begin to enter joint-venture agreements with local partners, and then they will be allowed to take only minority equity stakes.
With central control from Polonnaruwa further weakened after the death of Magha and ruling kings of foreign descent being unable to exercise political control over outlying provinces, members of the traditional ruling class gravitated to centres of Sinhalese power located away from the reach of Polonnaruwa.
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There were also hereditary chiefs who exercised political control over large areas and received tribute from cultivators of the soil.
Tammany Hall, also called Tammany, the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical boss-ist blend of charity and patronage.
Moreover, in countries that lack strong political leaders -- and Iraq today is such a country -- strong military leaders have a habit of exercising political control in a fashion that does not favor democratic development or political reconciliation.
Yet the regime cannot implement such changes, for it exercises political control by controlling the economy: the status quo in Russia is preserved through monopoly rents, state-owned companies, a malleable judiciary, an opaque regulatory system and firms that rely on Mr Putin's favour.
The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation.
Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed President, exercises little political control outside Kabul and is struggling to undercut the authority of local warlords, who effectively control the provinces.
