Sentence examples for seek complete control from inspiring English sources

The decline of the Venetian navy led Charles V to seek complete control of the Mediterranean, enlisting as his naval commander the great Genoese seaman Andrea Doria and thus gaining the support of the powerful Genoese fleet.

Last fall, after the death of William Niskanen, one of Cato's four shareholders, the brothers began to seek complete control of the institute.

Monopolistic in nature, the guilds, either singly or in combination, sought complete control over their own local markets.

Once in power, the man in charge often seeks complete control; he often amends constitutions, dismantling laws which previously prevented his re-election.

The Kachin did so, but following a military coup, the KIA was founded in 1961 to defend the region from the junta that sought complete control over the country.

He said the union would seek complete dismissal.

No previous tyranny sought such complete control over nearly every aspect of people's lives.

Today, Trump's team seeks complete and "irreversible denuclearization".

The Iroquois sought to eliminate the Huron and take complete control of the interior fur trade.

During those years, Mr. Stein developed a reputation for seeking an ever-larger canvas as well as complete control over his projects.

The service is required to seek a warrant before conducting a wiretap, but because it wields almost complete control over the process, it is not known how rigidly that requirement is followed.