Sentence examples for solidify control from inspiring English sources

Critics say his overriding goal is to solidify control of markets in which he does business.

Google can surely solidify control with its founders in other ways.

The Iraqi soldiers have been struggling to advance to a main thoroughfare about half a mile to the north to solidify control over the area.

President Wahid, who arrived in the Netherlands today on an official visit, is waging a risky campaign to solidify control over his three-month-old administration.

But if Francois is sharp, he might solidify control of a job with the potential to vault him into the discussion for ACC player of the year.

Mr. Costilla, he said, was in the middle of a battle with other leaders to seize and solidify control of important cities in Tamaulipas.

With assistance from the West, Hosni Mubarak solidified control when he took over Egypt's government, in 1981.

The western province of Xinjiang, which shares a border with Afghanistan, is home to the Uighurs, an Islamic minority group that has chafed under Communist rule since China solidified control of the region, in 1949.

The Taliban, which have solidified control across Pakistan's tribal zone and are seeking new staging grounds to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, have sided with fellow Sunni Muslims against an enclave of Shiites settled in Parachinar for centuries.

A spokesman for the African Union on Friday said its forces had solidified control over Mogadishu and were in the process of securing the neighborhood of Deynile, the scene of intense fighting the day before.

Once Mr Jobs has solidified control (he says he will not become chairman, preferring to concentrate on Pixar, his animation firm) he will no doubt pick the next chairman and chief executive.