Sentence examples for exert a stranglehold from inspiring English sources

It is because special interests -- lobbyists and soft money -- exert a stranglehold on Washington.

The rain arrived at Edgbaston midway through the afternoon, immediately after the drinks break, with England 59 for three and with Australia starting to exert a stranglehold.

The more tyrannous aspects of fashion have also yet to exert a stranglehold over the nascent Polish clubworld - branded clothing here is the exception rather than the rule and clubbing means getting lost in music instead of getting trussed in costly designer gear and posing.

No matter whether a Scot had his arm around O'Gara's neck, it was Ireland who got their hands on the triple crown having exerted a stranglehold on Scotland with their seventh consecutive victory in the fixture.

Certainly, there appears to be something telling about the fact that the two biggest singles of the year – Get Lucky and Blurred Lines – had nothing to do with the formulaic rave-pop that's exerted a stranglehold over the Top 40 in recent years.

This is Victoria "Little Boots" Hesketh's third album of recherché electropop and, like its predecessors, Nocturnes (2013) and Hands (2009), it packs a selection of nagging tunes that could easily light up the mainstream as, say, the Pet Shop Boys once did, if rave-ified R&B didn't exert such a stranglehold on the charts.

The fund's low profile can be laid directly at the door of the Orwellian BBC press office which seems to exert a complete stranglehold over the whole corporation.

The goalkeeper atoned with a fine block and from that point the visitors exerted an increasing stranglehold on the contest.

The retina-charring plaid jacket - an item of clothing that exerted an unexplained stranglehold over the wardrobes of America's news readers 30 years ago - has been picked up by the high street with an enthusiasm alas denied the papier-mache penis hat.

In this her fourth solo work – she also co-writes thrillers as Nicci French – Gerrard examines how the intimacies and friendships of youth continue to exert their stranglehold well into middle age.

Pythons have a stranglehold in Florida.