The elder's secular authority is very significantly reinforced by his monopolistic control of the relations between men and the ancestors.

A third economic function is the monopolistic control of trade.

From that point, an investigation could look into whether Cablevision has attained monopolistic control of the telecasts.

With so many channels available on the information highway, the producing companies will not be able to maintain any form of monopolistic control.

Public utility companies can be regulated to prevent them from gaining monopolistic control.

But now the buy-side investor has more at stake, so it's not fair anymore for market makers to have monopolistic control.

This firm achieved "nearly monopolistic" control on the Rio Grande for most of the years between 1850 and 1874, when the partnership was dissolved.

They have potential monopolistic control over access to information.

The criticism has not stopped Mr. Walentas from having an almost monopolistic control over the neighborhood.

"Such combination would result in monopolistic control over the Mexican telecommunications market," the companies wrote in a letter to the commission dated June 16.