Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] control of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices .
2 The choice of contract may also have a significant effect on the ability of the client to control costs. , If there is a firm , fixed design which is let on a fixed price basis , the primary responsibility for control of construction costs is given to the contractor .
3 In the background , the fight for control of L Detachment was still rumbling on .
4 I have had gill flukes ( not personally ! ) and my fish did n't scratch ; they acted as if they were being poisoned ( heightened colour , loss of control of movement ) , possibly because of oxygen depletion due to gill damage .
5 item on the agenda right at the end late edition , which is the byelaw on control of dogs , which I think is something we discussed years ago
6 The decisive battle for control of Panama was fought at the building that houses military headquarters .
7 The Battle for Control of 3cm H2S
8 THE LENGTHY battle for control of New York 's cellular telephone franchise took an unexpected turn yesterday as McCaw Cellular announced a $1.9bn deal to acquire the half stake owned by the Metromedia group .
9 In the battle for control of House of Fraser , both Lonrho and the Al Fayed brothers have tried to use the press .
10 The collapse of the ceasefire agreement reached in Gbadolite ( Zaire ) in June 1989 [ see p. 36726 ] was followed by a period of intense fighting between the MPLA-PT government and UNITA in the first half of 1990 , centred on the battle for control of Mavinga , a strategic UNITA base near its Jamba headquarters in the south-east of the country .
11 The issue of control of land use remained more contentious ; a White Paper on the control of land use was shelved by the coalition government and not dealt with until the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 under the post-war Labour administration .
12 The Scottish nobles set up a Regency Council with control of Margaret 's baby sons , one of whom , Alexander , Duke of Ross , dies soon after his mother 's sudden departure for England .
13 Moscow 's foreign-exchange market has taken a dim view of the liberals ' chances of winning a decisive battle in the war for control of Russia 's economic policy .
14 The Japanese were not going to win a short war for control of oil and other natural resources in south-east Asia .
15 Uniformity implies standardization and common procedures ; the pressure for uniformity includes the economies of standardization , the need for interchangeability in product systems , the need for control of processes , the need for a standard quality product , specialization of markets and the need for common management controls .
16 The need for control of computers was well anticipated by the Lindop committee in the 1970s .
17 Conference on control of arms trade
18 The procedure for control of State aids is set out in Article 93 .
19 This is a general provision and the person in control of premises may also have other duties under other enactments , for example with respect to means of escape in case of fire , and general fire precautions , and also with respect to public health .
20 I suspect that we are about to witness a similar phenomenon with regard to the chronic complications of diabetes , including coronary artery disease , due to comprehensive patient care with special emphasis on control of blood glucose , blood pressure , lipids and a decline in the prevalence of cigarette smoking .
21 As was reported in Update 2 ( November 1988 ) , this transfer of quality assurance by the appointment of External Course Assessors and retention of control of course content by SCOTVEC is in line with the Council 's policy of gradually devolving more responsibility to colleges .
22 There are four distinct forms of authority in control of planning .
23 Progress on control of oil fires — Estimate of reconstruction costs
24 Takeover talk now dominates with John Hall , the Tyneside entrepreneur and long-time combatant for control of Newcastle , emerging as a possible saviour of Hartlepool .
25 Although these patients may have used bronchodilators intermittently in the past for control of asthma , none required them during the week before endoscopy .
26 This quest for control of resources caused a row in the London Borough of Newham last week when a council recommendation to fund a refugee centre was — unsuccessfully in the end — opposed by Muslim councillors , who argued for a Muslim centre instead .
27 Such thinking is part of a long tradition , finding its most clear formulation in the political philosophy of Hobbes where human society is presented as being in a state of ‘ warre ’ in which every man fights every other man for control of resources and for the ( presumed ) pleasure of dominance .
28 The same arguments , and others which we will come across in the case studies , have been used in favour of control of broadcasting .
29 Warning on control of schools
30 Simultaneous with this is the trend toward control of companies through minority shareholdings ; holders of minority stakes ( including individuals , financial institutions and other companies ) can potentially band together to form a controlling ‘ constellation of interests ’ .
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