Sentence examples for seized control over from inspiring English sources
In May, 2010, President Colom chose a new Attorney General, who, according to CICIG, promptly fired honest prosecutors, seized control over agents' wiretap operations, and shelved sensitive cases.
"With the one group — Kudrin, Gref, and me — Putin discussed issues of the general economy; while with the help of the other, he seized control over property and financial flows".
Russia responded by annexing Crimea, while ethnically Russian Ukrainians seized control over parts of eastern Ukraine, beginning a conflict that has left more than 9,000 dead since April 2014.
If anything, the allegations have given the Treasury Department the chance to pursue its sanctions against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the United States says has seized control over large parts of the Iranian economy.
Russia's information war reflects how Mr Putin's regime depends on controlling the media and eliminating political competition.Having seized control over the main television channels at the start of his presidency in 2000, he is now cracking down on the internet, until recently relatively free.
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO and Afghan forces pushed back hundreds of Taliban fighters from a district center in northeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, sending them fleeing into the rugged mountainside just hours after the fighters had seized control over a portion of that same area, Afghan officials said.
Then we have the White House's seizing control over Iraq policy from the Pentagon ideologues.
On the eve of the November Revolution, Trotsky ordered the Red Guard to seize control over the post and telegraph offices.
By firmly reasserting his control, Mr Bainimarama may perhaps have avoided the risk of troublesome upstarts seizing control over the transition.
In fact, both the Conservative party and the Labor government have used inflammatory rhetoric in an effort to seize control over the debate on asylum.
Mr Băsescu told Parliament that by suspending him, the coalition was in effect seizing control over the judicial system and public institutions.
