Example sentences of "a greater [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future . |
| 2 | LDCs ' governments also insisted on domestically-generated funds being used to finance economic development programmes and thus sought a greater degree of control over the operations of British banks . |
| 3 | It is argued that this gives unions a greater degree of control over their members and greater bargaining strength . |
| 4 | The House of Commons was moving forward to assert a greater degree of control over the colonies than before ; partly to evade this , William created a Board of Trade and Plantations , made up of civil servants and privy councillors , that was unlikely to pay much more attention to the Commons than its predecessor , the Lords of Trade , had done . |
| 5 | Several former advocates of behaviourist approaches have since changed their stance significantly , and begun to argue that all pupils , including those who experience difficulties in learning , should have a greater degree of control over their own learning ( Ainscow 1989 ) . |
| 6 | There were strong pressures from still further national minorities for a greater degree of control over their own affairs . |
| 7 | Since this case law was developed in the context of the exercise of delegated powers by the Commission , it would seem highly unlikely that the Court would wish to exercise a greater degree of control over the exercise of original legislative power by the Council of Ministers . |
| 8 | For the French king , the opportunity of exercising a greater measure of control over Brittany , with its maritime outlets , was not to be missed . |
| 9 | All said they were experiencing a greater sense of control over their eating . |
| 10 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |