Sentence examples for they assumed control from inspiring English sources

McCourt and Daly were new to baseball when they assumed control of the Dodgers.

When Vietnam and Cambodia fell to the communists, so they assumed control of Laos.

But it might never have happened had they realised the size of the financial mess they were inheriting when they assumed control of the club in 2010.

Their employment by rival Byzantine generals vying for the throne of Constantinople (now Istanbul) gained them increasing influence, and gradually they assumed control of Anatolia as allies of the Byzantine emperor.

Still, it would be hard to argue that the Democrats are any more hostile toward Mr. Bush than the Republicans have been toward the Clintons or, for that matter, that Republicans have become any more amiable since they assumed control of the White House and both houses of Congress.

But the question remains: will Mr. Weill, a relentless workaholic and famously hands-on manager, be able to give up the reins of the company he and Mr. Prince started almost from scratch when they assumed control of Commercial Credit, a down-on-its-luck consumer finance company that eventually became Citigroup.

Under what circumstances did they assume control of North Korea?

The Babylonians, the neo-Babylonian empire, they have conquered the Assyrians and they assume control over the ancient Near East and take the southern kingdom.

But it would be a key element of Democrats' messaging as they assume control of the House and work to take action on their campaign promises.

Furious Republicans equate Obama's decision to an "amnesty" for undocumented migrants, and are planning measures to counter it when they assume control of both houses of Congress in January.

It also illustrated how Mr. Obama can use his office on occasion to get ahead of newly elected Republicans; they had been talking about making such a move when they assume control of the House and additional Senate seats in January.