| Yet despite this, its ascendency is no less compelling than that of the Bay Area. |
| These megacity mayors reflect and embody the ascendency of cities in a world of dysfunctional nation-states. |
| The ascendency of the administrative system within the present century has been only a first step in this development. |
| Football common sense, though, suggests teams must score when in ascendency. |
| In practice the rotten borough system, as it was called, tended to perpetuate the ascendency of the landed proprietors. |
| How far the ascendency of his own personality was involved, we have no means of judging. |
