Sentence examples for gaining complete control of from inspiring English sources

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.

Azaña was meanwhile trying to prevent the left-wing parties from gaining complete control of his government, but he was able to accomplish little before a military revolt led to the outbreak of civil war in July 1936.

Years of skirmishes and sabre rattling culminated in all-out war, with Israel quadrupling the territory it controlled and gaining complete control of double the resources of fresh water.

"Sadly, it is now clear that Mr. Redstone is being manipulated and used by his daughter in an attempt to accomplish her long-held goal of gaining complete control of Viacom," Salerno said.

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.

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

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

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).