Sentence examples for granted control from inspiring English sources

Shouldn't someone, particularly someone in need, be compensated for (and granted control of) his or her story?

In Mexico, Carlos Slim was granted control of almost all landline and mobile phone services and soon became the world's richest man.

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.

In 2003 Yukon was granted control over its natural resources, although public ("Crown") land in the territory is still deemed to be owned by the federal government.

Law professors subsequently began to rent a portion of the space, and in the early 17th century James I granted control of the complex to their societies.

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.

There is no single economic player of which ownership would effectively grant control of the whole country — like Gazprom in Russia.

And: He showed CNN on Wednesday a power of attorney that he had notarized, granting control of all his assets to his wife.

Yet Mr Ghai's team argues that granting control over the size and composition of the constituent assembly to none other than the prime minister, Mr Bainimarama, violates "essential principles of democracy".

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.