Sentence examples for seizing control over from inspiring English sources

Then we have the White House's seizing control over Iraq policy from the Pentagon ideologues.

Mr Băsescu told Parliament that by suspending him, the coalition was in effect seizing control over the judicial system and public institutions.

By firmly reasserting his control, Mr Bainimarama may perhaps have avoided the risk of troublesome upstarts seizing control over the transition.

Fact check: The Russia investigation is not a coup d'état, which involves the use or threat of force (usually by people inside the government) with the aim of seizing control over the national political authority.

Eric Silverman, an associate professor of anthropology at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., says not only women but men, too, view tattooing as "a way of aggressively seizing control over their own bodies" at a time when there is anxiety over technological advances in areas related to the body like conception and stem cell research and alienation from the political process.

KFAR DAROM, Gaza Strip, Aug. 18 - The Israeli army and police moved today to break the back of resistance to the pullout from Gaza, seizing control over two synagogues where hundreds of the most fervent and aggressive protesters had barricaded themselves.

On the eve of the November Revolution, Trotsky ordered the Red Guard to seize control over the post and telegraph offices.

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.

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.

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.

But city officials said that they were eager, when possible, to exploit "fire sale prices" to seize control over prime land within their borders.