Sentence examples for grant control from inspiring English sources
There is no single economic player of which ownership would effectively grant control of the whole country — like Gazprom in Russia.
In shareholder democracies, as in political ones, poor turnouts mean that about one-third of the votes can grant control of a company.That is not the full extent of the families' influence.
The government is also criminalising the promotion or encouragement of terrorism, and making it easier for the authorities to grant control orders - which restrict the activities of suspects - and search warrants.
John tells us in the Policraticus that he was close enough to Hadrian to offer advice and criticism (Poli. VI 25 n135), even claiming some credit for convincing him to grant control of Ireland to the English (Meta. IV 42 m275).
In 1947, the NHL reached an agreement with trustees P.D. Ross and Cooper Smeaton to grant control of the Cup to the NHL, allowing the league to reject challenges from other leagues that may have wished to play for the Cup.
In the early 1980s the community joined the Organization for the Defense of Natural Resources of the Sierra Juarez (ODRENASIJ), an umbrella organization of local indigenous communities that pressured the federal government to grant control of forest resources to communities.
Shouldn't someone, particularly someone in need, be compensated for (and granted control of) his or her story?
That formulation does not rule out the city simultaneously serving as the capital of a Palestinian state or Palestinians' being granted control of some Arab neighborhoods there.
Aerial photographs of the region indicate that coca fields have expanded and clandestine airstrips have multiplied since the rebels were granted control of the area.
Under the latest proposal, the Security Council would assume sovereignty, granting control over the Islamic sites to the Palestinians while the Israelis kept the Western Wall.
In Mexico, Carlos Slim was granted control of almost all landline and mobile phone services and soon became the world's richest man.
