Example sentences of "[vb past] control [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Subsequent reports claimed that Li 's offer had effectively endorsed the status quo under which China retained control over the Aksai-Chin region in northern Kashmir , with India preserving sovereignty over the disputed state of Arunachal Pradesh .
2 In 1863 Turner 's third son , William , assumed control of the Hammersmith Iron Works , but Turner remained involved in the business into the 1870s , in particular over the additions to the Winter Garden at Regent 's Park and those to the curvilinear range at the National Botanic Gardens , Dublin .
3 If he got control of the West Bank and Gaza , he would soon turn on Israel proper .
4 His empire was badly shaken by the October 1987 worldwide stock market crash [ see pp. 37540-41 , and he eventually lost control of the Bell Group to fellow Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond .
5 On Jan. 24 , Hamas lost control of the Gaza Strip Engineers ' Association , when PLO-supported candidates won five of the nine seats .
6 Under the new organizational arrangements the French General Confederation of Labour ( CGT ) took control of the WFTU 's bureaucracy , which would be cut by three-quarters and reorganized into five regional offices .
7 On Aug. 3 a group of soldiers took control of the Kaba military camp in Natitingou , in the north-east .
8 Legally registered only since late February , Rukh also performed well in the west of the republic ( a nationalist heartland ) , where it took control of the Lvov city soviet .
9 The drama began when Musayev seized control of the Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 jet airliner between the Siberian oil capital of Tyumen and St Peterburg on Saturday morning .
10 They had control of the Temple worship , sacrifices and finances .
11 The dock company , being responsible for the port 's facilities had control of the Gillingham Gate , the only access to the port and , therefore , all vehicles going to and from the port had to use Bridge Road and Medway Road .
12 In the following year the Labour Party gained control of the London County Council for the first time .
13 Israel 's neighbours attacked her and eventually after lots of fighting Israel gained control of the West Bank .
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