Sentence examples for virtually controlled by from inspiring English sources

Local officials in the Zabul province, in the south, told me that, of the eleven districts in the province, eight are virtually controlled by the Taliban.

In recent months, violence has increased significantly in Anbar, a predominately Sunni province that was once virtually controlled by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia.

In the early part of the last century, Spain exercised a vague jurisdiction over the Marshalls, but the German traders filtered in & in 1870 the islands were virtually controlled by a German trading firm, the Jaluit Co.

Pardoned by Edward II in 1313, Lancaster forced changes in the royal household in 1314 and by 1315 virtually controlled England.

By September 1970 the PLO virtually controlled a state within a state.

Mr. Gallo said players are virtually unapproachable, controlled by publicists and agents.

During this period, malaria was virtually controlled.

The shooting came as Peshawar, one of Pakistan's biggest cities, is increasingly threatened by the Taliban, who virtually control the nearby tribal areas.

The superintendent is an employee of the property manager hired by the board and he virtually controls who is elected to the board.

Morton Bahamas virtually controls this island of 1,200 people, who are themselves vastly outnumbered by wild donkeys, wild cattle and feral hogs.

They virtually control the global economy.