Example sentences of "give the [noun] control [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would cure unemployment , it would give the workers control of their own industries and that everything would be hunkydory . |
| 2 | In 1050 , for example , Stephen , who claimed the title of ruler of Bosnia and Dalmatia , made a grant of land along the coast which extended the boundaries of Ragusa to Zaton , 16 km north of the original city , giving the republic control of the abundant supply of fresh water which emerges from a source vauclusienne at the head of the Ombla inlet . |
| 3 | I will quote from it , because it is important to do so in the context of the reasons that have been given for not giving the WEU control of defence . |
| 4 | If elected , the anti-busing slate would join five like-minded school-board members elected earlier , giving the faction control of the board . |
| 5 | This gave the Serbs control of most of a corridor across northern Bosnia linking Serbia proper with the Republic of Serbian Krajina ( RSK — the Serb areas in Croatia ) and was rumoured to have been part of a deal with Croatia in exchange for the army 's withdrawal from Prevlaka [ see above ] . |
| 6 | There was much to be said in favour of the view that it did , in respect that doing so gave the shopper control of the article and the capacity to exclude any other shopper from taking it . |
| 7 | The requirement of leave gives the court control over the proceedings from the very start , and because the respondent does not have to appear at the leave stage , it is relieved of the need to take any steps to get a weak claim struck out . |
| 8 | It is the unheard-of , something that only the author knows : the vital knowledge that gives the author control over both the characters and the readers of the book . |