Sentence examples for happened to control from inspiring English sources

First of all, it had nothing whatsoever to do with lobbying, or attempting to influence the Republicans who happened to control Congress at a time when there was talk of clamping down on the way Freddie operated.

In turn, the board's seven members have dismissed chancellors who disappointed them -- sometimes in disputes over initiatives, like condom distribution and AIDS education, that offended the values of their constituents, other times because a mayor, who happened to control a board majority, decided that a chancellor had to go.

He also happens to control an hour of prime time on the Fox News Channel.

Moreover, both speech and signing depend on the left side of the brain -- the same side that happens to control most people's dominant hand, the right one.

News International also happens to control a 35.4percentt stake in BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting Group), whose 200-channel satellite package is becoming the BBC's main broadcast competitor.

Mr Mpofu retorted that he could not possibly intervene in Zimbabwe's justice process, which his party also happens to control.

Some parts of the speech lacked specifics: we still do not know what will happen to control orders, only that Mr Clegg dislikes them and wants to adapt them.

One thing: the majority in parliament is these days led by someone, Silvio Berlusconi, who happens to control the other, private half of Italian television.Is he, or are his pals, bothered by this?

Some people already detect worrying signs of a hankering for "national champions": Endesa, the biggest electricity supplier, has been talking to La Caixa, the biggest savings bank (which happens to control a water company and the former gas monopoly), about the formation of a conglomerate offering the cross-marketing of water, gas and electricity.

And in the case of the Jetta's audio system, they also look good and happen to control a very crisp-sounding, eight-speaker system.

League spokesman Mike Bass indicated the trade was vetoed for "basketball reasons" after denying that the rest of the owners, who happen to control the Hornets, killed the deal.