Sentence examples for takes a controlling from inspiring English sources

"If Vodafone takes a controlling stake, they not only get Japan Telecom's practical expertise, but they can shape the direction of the company's 3-G phone business," said Kirk Boodry, senior analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo.

Cellino, who also owns the Serie A club Cagliari, has sealed a deal for Leeds – who lost 3-0 at Watford – worth more than £30m, a significant amount of which has paid off the club's debts, and takes a controlling stake from the previous owner, Gulf Finance House, which still holds 25% of United.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As it takes a controlling stake in General Motors, the Obama administration is betting that it can rapidly bring the company out of bankruptcy, just as it has recently done with Chrysler.

Ingenico took a controlling stake in mobile card reader company ROAM in February last year.

By 1989 however, W H Smith had taken a controlling stake in the chain.

It took a control freak to create such a freak-out.

We took a control radiograph to assess possible loss of reduction within the first week of operation.

"It takes a lot of self-control.

"That takes a lot of self-control.

When taking over a control position, controllers touch and rearrange the strips in front of them.

The site was taken as a control.  .