Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] control of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gulf war could be described as the struggle for control of the post-cold war world order — a bid to retain American leadership , to establish a form of political regulation of the post-Fordist world economy that retains the Fordist political institutions . |
| 2 | Opinions on a whole range of theoretical issues were polarized in ways that can be related to positions taken up in the struggle for control of the social framework of science . |
| 3 | A BOARDROOM battle for control of the Premier Division club Falkirk FC went to court yesterday when a judge was asked to ban an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday . |
| 4 | Some of the fiercest fighting in 14 years of civil war took place during February and March 1990 in the battle for control of the south-eastern town of Mavinga , held by the South African-backed Uniao Naçional para a Indepêndencia Total de Angola ( UNITA ) . |
| 5 | A UN mediation process to resolve the protracted dispute over control of Western Sahara began in June [ see pp.37628-29 ] ; the issue of control of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melillia also remained to be resolved [ see p. 37222 ] . |
| 6 | The presidential address was upstaged by struggles earlier in the day for control of the two congressional chambers wherein no single party had an overall majority . |
| 7 | This does not give the impression of a Mercian king in control of the south-eastern provinces from the mid-760s . |
| 8 | the span of control of the chief executive widened with technical advance ; |
| 9 | This represented a change from the noticeably cool US attitude towards Yeltsin in the immediate aftermath of the August coup , which had apparently been prompted in particular by his assumption of control of the armed forces [ see p. 38371 ] . |
| 10 | It would be his hand in control of the sporting codes which rule Grand Prix racing , and he would reign over all the other major single-seater racing series , the International F3000 Championship , the World Sportscar Championship and the World Rally Championship . |
| 11 | President Lech Walesa on April 9 called for the dismissal of National Defence Minister Jan Parys , highlighting a controversy over control of the armed forces . |
| 12 | But it is also an inflated price since it represents a healthy premium for control of the last really big established national player in the US cellular market . |
| 13 | THE crucial elections campaign , in which Moldavian nationalists will challenge the Communist Party for control of the Soviet republic 's government in February , is being launched today . |
| 14 | The link with parliamentary politics was effective in both directions , however , and a collector who openly opposed the political interest of the politician in control of the parliamentary seat was unlikely to retain his own position beyond the next meeting of the commission of supply , unless of course the political interest in power was about to be destroyed . |
| 15 | It said UN military observers helped after it collapsed in a dispute over control of the local police , prompting new fighting for territory yesterday between the former allies . |