Sentence examples for firm grip over from inspiring English sources

The result gave last season's beaten finalists a firm grip over their section.

The Patriots own a Super Bowl championship, a new stadium and a firm grip over the Steelers.

Mrs Pelosi has a firm grip over her caucus; if anything, it is the centrists who tend to rebel, not the liberal fringe.

It was not only through the church-sanctioned antisemitism and sporadic participation of priests and ecclesiastical hierarchs in the movement that Legionarism was strengthened". "Romania's fascist past still arguably holds a firm grip over the country's historical consciousness.

"Really, up until this morning you could sense that the regime still had a firm grip over the country," said a 25-year-old resident of the old city, declining to give her name amid the unsettling events.

Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power 28 years, has a firm grip over the army, the police, the judicial system and nearly every other institution in the country, analysts say.

The usual firm grip, the over-friendly double clasp, the special hug.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov 28 (Reuters) - R ebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo kept a firm grip on Wednesday over towns captured from government forces, despite a pledge to respect a deal brokered by Uganda and withdraw.

Saleh has maintained a firm grip on power for over three decades and has rejected calls to step down, saying he will only do so when his current term of office expires in 2013.

But those events only served to underline the firm grip that the generals have over the low-lying parts of the country, where the majority Burman population is concentrated.

Relaxing the firm grip his predecessor attempted to have over day-to-day running is a wise move.