Sentence examples for has begun to assert from inspiring English sources
"The unfocused type of person that dominates the present has begun to assert itself".
But the plan has faded from the public debate as violence has declined and the Maliki government has begun to assert its sovereignty.
Since then, the agency has begun to assert authority over nonbank financial companies, including mortgage and payday lenders, but its actions have been shadowed by uncertainty about the legality of Mr. Cordray's appointment.
After years of pursuing other career paths, including working at McKinsey & Company and a hedge fund, Ms. Clinton, 33, has begun to assert herself as a force within the foundation.
Slowly, over the last three years, and furiously, over the last three months, Mr. Bruno has begun to assert his own claim as the state Republican Party's standard-bearer.
A judiciary that was seen as beholden to its political masters has begun to assert its independence, and has sided with free-speech plaintiffs in prickly faith-related cases.That independence will be put to the test in "Sodomy 2.0", as Malaysia's press has taken to calling Mr Anwar's trial.
So governments have begun to assert ownership over their vessels, especially warships.
Recently, some analysts have begun to assert that if the company manages to pull off a successful offering, it could jump-start AOL Time Warner's stock price.
The country's leaders have grown more confident on the international stage and have begun to assert greater influence in Asia, Africa and Latin America, with things like special trade agreements and multibillion dollar resource deals.
Nigerian gangs have begun to assert more control over the front end of the process and also increasingly dominate — and profit from — the delivery of the drugs to Europe, whether by sea or air.
As new technologies open up the deep sea, the maritime superpowers of present and past -- notably Spain, Portugal, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Russia and the United States -- have begun to assert ownership over thousands of ships that were lost in distant waters.
