Sentence examples for gained supremacy. from inspiring English sources

In 1978 the PDPA staged a successful coup, but the People's ("Khalq") faction soon gained supremacy over the Banner faction.

Within a decade he gained supremacy over most of Iran as a ruler his followers regarded as divinely entitled to sovereignty.

He took part, on February 2 3 , 1509 in the great Battle of Diu, in which the Portuguese defeated a Muslim fleet and thereby gained supremacy over most of the Indian Ocean.

The church clung to its independence and refused to submit to the rules and customs of the Roman Catholic Church until the 12th century, when the archbishop of Canterbury gained supremacy over the Welsh Christians.

ʿAlī Mardān Khan, however, broke the compact and was killed by Karīm Khan, who gained supremacy over central and southern Iran and reigned as regent or deputy (vakīl) on behalf of the powerless Ṣafavid prince, never arrogating to himself the title of shah.

Analysts say the length of the sentence, which is expected this week or in early January, will show which of two Kremlin clans – the siloviki (security and military veterans) associated with Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, and the liberals grouped mainly around the president, Dmitry Medvedev – has gained supremacy in the country.

When Zürich and Bern attempted to gain supremacy in 1656, the five Roman Catholic cantons waged and won the first war of Villmergen in Aargau.

Both camps are spending billions to build new factory lines, hire engineers and develop more powerful chips in a bid to gain supremacy.

Lil' Kim, hip-hop's queen bee, returns after a long hiatus to the same base she used to gain supremacy on "Hardcore," her popular debut: the bedroom.

Two men are irrevocably drawn to her: Aviano, a deformed nobleman, who shares both her longing for platonic companionship and her need to sublimate desire to artistic expression; and Tamare, a charismatic sensualist, who knowingly offers her the lethal erotic pleasures she also craves, and who ultimately gains supremacy.

Analysts of the military situation say that if General Aoun captures Ain al Rummaneh, he will gain supremacy in all the rest of East Beirut, and will then be ready to strike positions of Mr. Geagea's militia in the Kesrouan district northeast of the capital.