Sentence examples for won complete control of from inspiring English sources

After Republicans won complete control of Congress in the recent elections, Democrats took some comfort in the notion that Democratic senators could filibuster any truly egregious Republican initiatives and that it would take 60 votes -- way more than the 51- or 52-seat Republican majority -- to overcome such a filibuster.

Elections in 2010, in which conservative Republicans flipped control of 21 state legislative chambers and won complete control of 25 statehouses, reshaped the legislative landscape in America.

The Republicans won complete control of government not by running to the center, but by running to the right and persuading the media and the American public to shift right with them.

In 38 37 he persuaded Antony to come to Tarentum (modern Taranto) and lend the warships that Octavian needed to win complete control of the West.

He has come under intense pressure to explain his offer to help the Murdochs lobby UK ministers to win complete control of the satellite broadcaster BSKyB at the same time as he was brokering a deal to get the Sun's political endorsement in Scotland.

In 1988 Resch and his managers did another LBO to win complete control of the renamed KI.

The case before the Supreme Court deals with the state legislature maps Wisconsin Republicans drew after winning complete control of the state legislature in 2010.

On Monday, it reported that the army had won complete control over Salah al-Din, one of the areas of Aleppo where rebel fighters from the Free Syrian Army had become entrenched.

Hazen and Christie were in and out of court for years afterward over control of these lands; Christie eventually won complete control over those lands after the American Revolution.

Unsurprisingly, the north won out and gained complete control of the reserves.

Woods, back up to fourth in the world after his recent win at Memorial, looked in complete control of his game as he looks to win a first major since the 2008 US Open.