Sentence examples for under its thumb from inspiring English sources

The critical issues of the problem remain the same since 1960: the insistence of Turkey to either partition the island, or keep it under its thumb; the unwillingness of the international community to enforce the dictates of international legality; and the appeasement of Turkey with the imposition of unworkable solutions.

There will have to be a new target for fans' ire when the next poor run of form comes. (And it always comes). And because the club has implicitly stated through its actions in this coaching search that it values a manager it can keep under its thumb, that target will, and should, be the executive suite.

It's fantastic that they've managed to micro-size the Core2 Duo, but for any kind of serious work — video and audio editing, watching HD video, playing games or emulating Vista for work — even my MacBook Pro is barely pulling it, and it's got the Air under its thumb processor-wise.

Congress should make up its mind: Either it wants the Postal Service to be a government agency under its thumb, which would require federal subsidies, or it wants a self-sustaining operation, in which case it has to loosen its micromanaging grip.

But it is hard to see what else the Russian army could do, since after three years and with 80,000 troops it has still not brought Chechnya under its thumb.

Increasingly, the government has put the judiciary under its thumb.

Beijing is belligerently stepping up the pressure on Taiwan to agree to come under its direct thumb.

The future of fast fashion they envisage is going to be even faster if it leapfrogs the hoary old PC all together, and inserts itself straight under its target shoppers' thumbs.

He was satisfied to expel adversaries from office and dominate the decisions taken by men who represented the same groups and the same social principles as those whom they replaced; but Holland, whose wealth ultimately was the basis for all Dutch power, political and military, slipped from under his thumb and asserted its autonomy of judgment and decision.

Its Bonn headquarters is firmly under his thumb, and he works well with the Social Democrats in parliament.

Most legislators were firmly under his thumb.