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

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1 Direct expenditure by the federal government on investment has been virtually eliminated since the adoption of the 1974 Constitution , but , as we shall see below , the federal government continues to have an important indirect influence on investment through its control over the level of bank credits .
2 Consequently the policy of expanding and then contracting demand , which came to be known as ‘ stop — go ’ , was a result of the direct conflict between the employment and balance of payments objectives since control over the level of aggregate demand was relied upon in order to achieve both goals .
3 Neither House of Parliament exercises the constitutional control over the minister in the Council which is exercised by the Danish Folketing Market Committee .
4 It has been suggested that the lack of control over the system of payment by the Ministry of Health has created ‘ monumental distortions and fraud . ’
5 Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution .
6 But the price of obtaining the destruction of working-class power and organization was a loss of control over the state by the bourgeoisie and nobility .
7 Third there was some inconsistency ; here the argument curiously was that though there were powers for the control over the demolition of certain buildings there was no overall system .
8 Besides owning the data , Registry staff have considerable control over the operation of the student management system .
9 The ‘ PT&R Arrangements ’ give the unions considerable control over the operation of BR 's internal labour market .
10 Although this represented a growing separation of the press from the state , the latter still exercised immense control over the press through the taxes and duties which it imposed upon it .
11 Theda kept a tight control over the lurching of her heart .
12 Indeed , almost all commentators stress that for Type I systems to work , the health authority must have control over the destination of referrals .
13 When the Saudis insisted that Aramco impose tight control over the destination of its oil , the company got tanker captains to sign affidavits as to their destination and arranged to receive cabled acknowledgements of each ship 's eventual arrival at the approved port or terminal .
14 By comparing a writer 's choices against other choices with the same sense , " what the writer might have said but did n't " , one has a greater control over the notion of stylistic value .
15 In an attempt to prevent any further loss of the country 's mangroves , Ecuadorian environmentalists are calling for strict control over the expansion of shrimp farming , a key export industry which earns Ecuador half a billion dollars a year in foreign exchange .
16 We have no direct control over the provision of services to clients by suppliers .
17 But under the rules of self-management direct investment is heavily discouraged , since the investing firms can obtain no long-term control over the management of their ‘ subsidiaries ’ , and have no prospect of receiving reasonable profits ( or even other alternative advantages ) .
18 Sole traders , otherwise known as proprietors , have total control over the management of their businesses .
19 An entrepreneur who wishes to have full control over the management of an enterprise may well opt for sole trading as the only form which offers sufficient freedom of action .
20 The powers of the administrative receiver are extensive and he will have complete control over the management of the company .
21 Has my right hon. Friend noted the vote of parents in Gravesham , in the case of one school by a margin of nine to one , to take control over the management of their schools through grant-maintained status ?
22 Erm a lot of employers are looking at self funding because the m They can manage their own money and it 's much more efficient to do so and then they also have a lot more control over the management of the claims themselves because they select their own management corporation .
23 One major theme was that a system of court management of litigation , that is court control over the progress of cases , should be introduced .
24 Claiming a widespread dissatisfaction with the quality of education being provided by LEA schools , and promising greater opportunities for parent power to preserve local accountability , it was able to seize control over the curriculum with considerable public support .
25 From ‘ above ’ , a left government could attempt to gain control over the deployment of investment funds , in particular the surplus income of the personal sector , while from ‘ below ’ workers could struggle for democratic control over the particular enterprises which employ them , breaking down the managerial hierarchies and commercial secrecy of these enterprises .
26 De Gaulle was losing control over the direction of political developments , and his prestige was draining away with every piece of bad economic news or foreign policy failure .
27 We are never going to take control over the direction of IT developments .
28 The bill was approved by the House of Representatives — where the LDP had an overall majority — on Dec. 3 , even though the DSP voted against it on the grounds that it provided insufficient legislative control over the dispatch of troops .
29 Britain traditionally has a more cautious approach and the Department of Health ( DOH ) has greater control over the diffusion of high cost technologies through the system of designated regional and supra-regional specialities .
30 Some choice theorists attempt a reconciliation with this legal doctrine by purporting to show that consideration provides a test of the deliberateness of a choice rather than an imposition of a paternalistic or economically motivated control over the scope of enforceable voluntary obligations .
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