Sentence examples for has long been controlled from inspiring English sources

Federal authorities say the union has long been controlled by the Genovese and Colombo crime families.

Both companies are publicly traded, but each has long been controlled by the Oppenheimer family, and each owns about a third of the other's stock.

Small dissident groups have formed to challenge the Cuban American National Foundation, which has long been controlled by hard-line exiles of a generation ago.

Part of the state has long been controlled by the Kachin Independence Army and its political wing, which levies taxes on all commerce.

In Washington State, nine companies have filed paperwork to offer policies in a region that has long been controlled by three big entities.

Due to the unique political regime, public decision-making in China has long been controlled by governments with the public neglected.

And many of the cities -- densely populated with Hispanics -- have long been controlled by Democratic machines.

Soccer in Libya had long been controlled by the Qaddafi family.

Like La Guardia, its takeoff and landing slots have long been controlled by the federal government to prevent gridlock.

Rebels and pro-government militiamen began turning in weapons in Kabala, a northern town that had long been controlled by the rebel Revolutionary United Front.

Sierra Leone, rich with diamonds, had long been controlled by a corrupt elite made up of Lebanese businessmen and urban Sierra Leoneans.