They are eager to extend their dominance by snapping up successful smaller shops.

Abkhazians vehemently opposed to the new university, seeing it as an instrument in the hands of Georgians to extend their dominance.

But it is never to rise to the top - only to extend his dominance.

However, he was never able to extend his dominance to the state legislature.

The existing titans, meanwhile, moved to extend their dominance.

Democratic victories in Suffolk's town races in recent years have helped extend the party's dominance throughout the county.

Now, with college football embracing the digital age, Notre Dame is extending its dominance.

Microsoft has been moving at a moderate pace to extend its dominance in computer software into the communications world.

It dominated this world in every way and had managed to extend its dominance to other worlds as well.

The move is an effort by Google and Intel to extend their dominance of computing to television, an arena where they have little sway.