Sentence examples for it took control from inspiring English sources

Despite its ultimate failure, it took control away from big business and put it into the hands of users.

It took control of its destiny and found a way.

The group had allowed some members of the police to "repent" of their former allegiance and hand in their weapons when it took control, but its commanders are now said to be on high alert for plots.

The government's first set of actions after it took control of its AIG stake back in September should have been to identify and renegotiate every important contract the company was tied up in.

Hamas organized dozens of suicide bombings in restaurants and buses in its thirty-year history, and, since it took control of Gaza, in 2007, has launched hundreds of missiles into civilian areas.

By then Venice had become such a powerful city-state and trading power on the western side of the Adriatic that it took control of the Dalmatian coast to protect its traders from pirates and keep open the shipping lanes in the eastern Adriatic.

When it took control, it promised a global stewardship purring with gravity, finesse and farsightedness.

In January 2001, it took control of Klöckner-Werke, an industrial group.

The building was used for meetings and religious instruction by Isis after it took control of the city last year.

But Rolls-Royce roared ahead 17p to £10.43 after it took control of a power systems joint venture.

More recently it took control of E Entertainment, operator of the E cable channel, and the Golf Channel.