Sentence examples for won control over from inspiring English sources

The Islamist Ennahda party won control over the country by winning only 41 percent of the electoral vote.

The Taliban, which was founded about 1994 by Mullah Mohammad Omar, eventually won control over most of the country.

Over eight years, the Republican party won control over two-thirds of the nation's state legislative chambers.

In the 1967 war Israel won control over the caves and scrolls, but two decades passed before it asserted any real authority over the project.

In a series of carefully calculated wars during the 1860s, Bismarck first defeated Denmark and won control over German-speaking provinces.

The Pan-Islamic Party, ofe of the three main opposition parties, strengthened its control over the northern state of Kelantan and won control over the states of Kedah and Perak.

These moves were interpreted by some as the final triumph of the College of Agriculture in its effort to win control over Botany.

Mr. Morgenthau suggests that the city's sudden attention to the bank accounts is the result of a failed effort to win control over that money.

But before she could win control over the 27percentt stake, Mr. Cojuangco announced in late 2001 that Kirin would purchase 15percentt of San Miguel for $543 million.

That, coupled with the possibility of the traditionally pro-independence DPP winning control over Taiwan's legislature, has China's Communist leaders on edge.

Charismatic leaders in the north from lower castes have used caste identity as a way to mobilize voters, winning control over several large north Indian states.