Example sentences of "control over the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is through the implementation of this agreed machinery that disciplinary tribunals and the Inns themselves , with the consent of the Lord Chief Justice , are now able to exercise extended powers of control over the professional conduct of barristers , with a wider range of penalties , but subject always , in the case of decisions by tribunals , to a right of appeal to the visitors : see Disciplinary Tribunal Regulations 1990 , regulations 22 and 30 . |
| 2 | On May 8 Sami Abdul-Rahman , a member of the delegation [ see p. 38127 ] , said that " the talks [ were ] going on in a positive spirit " , although questions relating to international guarantees for an accord and Kurdish control over the oil-producing town of Kirkuk remained unresolved . |
| 3 | In his speech Shamir said that Israel should always maintain control over the occupied territories in order that future immigrants could be settled . |
| 4 | With strict control over the internal movement of people inside Japan , and a strictly enforced system of social hierarchy , it is not difficult to see how the identity of groups at a local level might be maintained . |
| 5 | The Comintern worked predictably but with difficulty to establish control over the recalcitrant comrades in both factions but was faced with firm opposition from those who did not wish to see Korean communism become a minor branch of the world communist movement directed by Moscow . |
| 6 | If the ‘ ultimate aim ’ is specified as the securing of predictive control over the future run of experience , then either this can be justified as providing a means to achieving further practical ends , or , if it stands in no need of justification , it may be possible to explain why people have it without the explanation undermining its appeal . |
| 7 | The aim is to give councils some control over the future growth of second homes . |
| 8 | Poland must exercise greater control over the environmental impact of foreign investment projects in the country , Greenpeace warns in a recent report . |
| 9 | To help Richard carry out this task Henry gave him full control over the armed forces of Aquitaine and instructed local officials to put their revenues at his disposal . |
| 10 | She 'd meant her tone to be clipped and dismissive , but even to her own ears it sounded slurred and indistinct as she made a mental attempt to regain conscious control over the increased rhythm of her heart . |
| 11 | In this respect many commentators interpreted the President 's desire for immediate talks as an attempt to regain some control over the budgetary process by reaching a bipartisan agreement before further congressional action . |
| 12 | Although the rapid decline of the church courts into virtual desuetude over the eighteenth century removed the only institutional form of church control over the moral behaviour of the lower orders , they could hardly be unaware of the continuing power of the parson operating both through the vestry and through areas of personal control such as that over charity and at the vital moments of baptism , marriage and burial . |
| 13 | These periodic moral flashpoints may edify or entertain , but they provide scant control over the booming business of sexual delectation . |
| 14 | The Tajik government in Dushanbe , led by Akbarsho Iskandarov , had effectively lost control over the southern provinces of Kulyab ( controlled by supporters of ex-President Rakhmon Nabiyev ) and over Kurgan-Tyube , scene of the fiercest fighting . |
| 15 | Other units rapidly followed establishing British control over the main lines of communication throughout most of Carinthia and by 10 May Gen Keightley had set up his 5 Corps HQ near Klagenfurt . |
| 16 | Eisenhower was not objecting to the building of strong defence forces , but stressing the need for civilian control over the whole area of defence and foreign policy . |
| 17 | The East India Company had extended British control over the Indian subcontinent in a haphazard fashion as opportunity dictated . |
| 18 | The report concluded that the Soviet Union and not the NKLP connoted the reality of power — ‘ The NKLP is merely an instrument of Soviet control over the northern half of the peninsula . ’ |
| 19 | However , as we do not have direct control over the day-to-day operation of hotels etc. , we can not guarantee absolutely that special requests can be complied with . |
| 20 | This provision did not take into account the substantial number of businesses in the licensed trade which are owned and operated by bodies corporate or incorporate and not by individual persons , with the result that the licence holder was a company official who exercised little or no control over the day-to-day running of the premises , or was the manager of the premises , and whose employment could be terminated at any time , irrespective of the date of expiry of the licence , either by his own volition or by his employer 's . |
| 21 | The most important incentives for Field Chairs are thus the opportunity to exercise some control over the educational context within which their subject is taught ; the challenge of defending the interests of their discipline ; the opportunity to develop expert knowledge of the course structure and regulations through participation in debate ; and the advantage of administrative experience for career development . |
| 22 | This defeatism , unwarranted either by the fragility of Reagan 's mandate or by the public opinion polls , led the Speaker meekly to surrender his control over the legislative schedule by agreeing to an accelerated timetable allowing for final votes on the president 's programme by mid-summer . |
| 23 | For instance , Gellner 's attack on analytic philosophy from an anthropological perspective ; the exposure of eugenics in 1930s psychology ; the connections between certain kinds of research in chemistry and the agricultural and food industries ; the models of human motivation — often little more than employee manipulation to be found in management studies ; Illich 's critique of medicine ; and the underlying interest in control over the natural environment within the physical sciences . |
| 24 | The resulting confusion entails a highly inaccurate assessment of the extent of Soviet control over the diverse groups in Latin America which claim a ‘ Marxist ’ orientation . |
| 25 | Otherwise , you have control over the relative sizes of the top vs. bottom line , and have a number of pre-set shapes that the text can take . |
| 26 | The advantage of the hybrid model is that the courts retain some control over the regulatory rules in the sense that they are not bound to give effect to them rather than the general law if they are considered unreasonable . |
| 27 | The cylinders were intended to give control over the elastic characteristics of the haulage system . |
| 28 | As a formalism ATNs give extensive possibilities for optimisation and tight control over the precise details of the parsing strategy . |
| 29 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
| 30 | A third set of dilemmas revolves around the question of how greater consumer choice can be reconciled with the need for controls over the total growth of services to prevent an expenditure explosion . |