Sentence examples for has established control from inspiring English sources

Although it still suffers serious attrition (mainly absences without leave), the ANSF has established control over the big cities, where most of the fast-urbanising population lives, and the main lines of communication.

Speaking on a webcast from Kiev, he said that Russian attempts to destabilise the new Ukrainian government were failing, but added there was "still a high risk" that Putin would attempt another cross-border intervention now it has established control over Crimea.

As the teacher's authoritative way of speaking implies, he has established controlling parent style.

But by 1822 Haiti had established control of the whole island once more.

They have established control of a large part of this area since the withdrawal of Syrian government forces in 2012.

After several days of fighting, however, there was still no confirmation that Russian forces had established control of Minutka square, close to the center of Grozny.

By the reign of King Kŭnch'ogo (346 375), it had established control over a region that included the whole Han River basin in central Korea.

In the fourteen-twenties, the English, having established control over the north of France, sought to capture Orléans and, from there, launch an assault on the southern half of the country, which was loyal to the French crown.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring organisation based in Britain, said the army had established control over Hanano, which was the first part of Aleppo taken over by armed opposition groups in 2012.

Rwanda has sought an area of influence in Congo's eastern Kivu provinces, partly to protect the large Rwandaphone minority but also because Tutsi military commanders have established control over lucrative mining, timber and farming operations.

Once the military police had established control, pacifying police units (UPPs) moved in, supposedly to pave the way for social programmes – the Brazilian government apparently aware that any attempt to deal with the drug gangs would have to have a positive component, offering the residents at least some of the many basics the state has thus far failed to provide.