Sentence examples for war for control from inspiring English sources

Mr. Murdoch lost the bidding war for control of DirecTV to EchoStar last year.

Teams of agents are fighting a secret war for control of my local post office.

The offering raises the possibility of a bidding war for control of the airline.

He also said the "embarrassing mess" of September was "actually the culmination of a war for control of the board".

Since then, the two rival unions have been engaged in a low-level war for control over the Lonmin mines.

THERE are two morality tales to be seen in the war for control of the media empire built by Conrad M. Black, the Canadian publisher turned British lord.

The murders were blamed on a turf war for control of the lucrative ice cream van business and drug trade in Glasgow's east end.

Last year, the Bank of Scotland lost a bitter bidding war for control of National Westminster Bank to its crosstown rival, the Royal Bank of Scotland.

While Rio has been riven by frequent violence between competing gangs of drug traffickers, the war for control has largely been won in the commercial hub.

In May 1995, an assistant United States attorney, Ellen M. Corcella, was prosecuting a murder conspiracy case on the brutal war for control of the family.

During a war for control of the family, agents working for Mr. DeVecchio voiced suspicions of his relationship with Mr. Scarpa.