The next four years were spent strengthening his control throughout the region.

The physical touch was all it took to strengthen his control.

He should use this moment of national relief to strengthen his control over these forces.

The idea is to strengthen your control, not see how much you can liberate.

The bank was procured to strengthen local control of the financial industry.

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their control of the council going from 39 to 42 seats.

He took many military actions to strengthen his control over Italy and its neighboring areas.

International Mexico has taken extraordinary measures to strengthen environmental controls.

At the same time the church strengthened its control over lubki pictures.

"We have strengthened controls to help prevent the recurrence of these problems."