Sentence examples for gain complete control of from inspiring English sources

The rebel government did not, however, gain complete control of the country for more than three years.

Security forces moved floor to floor, occasionally taking fire, as they fought to gain complete control of the building.

Not until 676 did Silla drive out the Chinese and gain complete control of the Korean peninsula.

Still seeking a magic bullet, you endorse Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's bid to gain complete control of the New York City Board of Education (editorial, Dec. 18).

On the TV program 60 Minutes, DARPA demonstrated how a hacker could gain complete control of a car's acceleration and braking, for example.

The answer, presumably, is that this is what happens when extremists gain complete control of a party's discourse: all the rules get thrown out the window.

Republicans also gained complete control of more than half a dozen other state Capitols.

But the elections proceeded without them, and Chávez's coalition gained complete control of the National Assembly.

In 2010 state races, Republicans picked up 675 legislative seats, gaining complete control of 12 state legislatures.

In contrast, Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nations envoy here, said earlier this week that Mr. Arafat was incapable of gaining complete control of a chaotic situation and bringing violence to an abrupt halt.

Thus, by the Treaty of Paris (1815) the Ionian Islands became a protectorate of Great Britain in order to prevent Austria from gaining complete control of the Adriatic Sea.