Example sentences of "control over the country " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst control over the country was transferred to the armed forces , the task of directly confronting recalcitrant elements a the population was largely entrusted to the ZOMO ( motorised militia ) ORMO ( militia reserve ) and élite security units . |
| 2 | Bakufu control over the country was never absolute , but rested on the administration 's ability to hold in check the ambitions of various provincial lords and play them off against each other . |
| 3 | No one group has established control over the country . |
| 4 | The British were determined to consolidate their own control over the country and in 1919 they imposed an Anglo-Persian treaty that virtually made Iran a British protectorate . |
| 5 | Observers noted that the government appeared to have adopted a dual " soft-hard " approach , attempting to maintain strict control over the country , including the political system , the media and the economy , while giving some ground to calls for change . |
| 6 | The army 's deployment in the south was part of the government 's attempts to reassert control over the country under the terms of the Arab League-sponsored Taif peace accords [ see pp. 36986 ; 37928 ] . |