Example sentences of "have no control over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More perplexing is the fact that although she gets all her work from one firm and has no control over the quantity , this woman describes herself as ‘ self-employed ’ . |
| 2 | Because of the sanctity of the self-management system , any enterprise that makes a direct investment in another enterprise ( through so-called ‘ pooling labour and resources ’ ) has no control over the activities of the recipient organization and can expect no return other than interest on its investment ( at a sharply negative rate ) . |
| 3 | ( c ) The classroom teacher has no control over the content of the filmed lesson ( or broadcast TV films ) . |
| 4 | The chief pharmacist , for example , has no control over the number of prescriptions that come into his department . |
| 5 | The issue here is that the debtor has no control over the use to which the credit is put . |
| 6 | What is the difference , then , between teaching by machines and the teaching by a teacher in the classroom ? 1 The learner has no control over the teacher , but he can have control over the machine . |
| 7 | It had never counted for anything that she 'd been the innocent victim , that she 'd had no control over the events which had shaped her life — she 'd carried the burden with her , locked into her soul , and at least that way she 'd felt relatively safe . |
| 8 | The deeming provisions will mean that during the interim period the vendor will be treated as acting as agent for the purchaser yet the purchaser will have no control over the vendor 's actions . |
| 9 | The developer introduced to or locating land suitable for development will often have no control over the method of disposal . |
| 10 | At the local authority level Dorset County Council ( 1980 ) , in a booklet called Looking at Schools , talks of a joint-evaluation , which amounts to an inspection with the school agreeing to the report , but having no control over the process of the inspection . |
| 11 | In fact , under my contract I had no control over the cover . |
| 12 | The council 's Labour leadership , who have been in control since 1986 , have argued that they had no control over the transactions as the day to day running of the finance department is in the hands of expert financial staff . |
| 13 | ‘ It took ages to come out and we had no control over the artwork . |
| 14 | The secretariat minuted that under the 1870 Education Act and the existing code the board had no control over the content of religious education . |
| 15 | took off and I was circle ground , it was quite a windy day then this stood there with me , had no control over the thing , like ! |
| 16 | As indicated above the teachers and schools have no control over the criteria and methods , nor indeed the report . |
| 17 | Students with individual licences within a shared tenancy , for example , have no control over the landlord 's choice of other tenants with whom they may be forced to share . |
| 18 | She added : ‘ We have no control over the skinheads and other neo-fascist activists . ’ |
| 19 | As I 'm sure you know , the majority of girls seeking such posts can neither read nor write and are of such low intelligence that they have no control over the children ; in fact , the children soon take advantage of them . |
| 20 | I have no control over the length of speeches , but I am perfectly able to control the debate . |
| 21 | Teachers in schools being tested are thus powerless , since they have no control over the measures used and are not in a position to dispute the findings ( although this depends on how the results are used , and if , for example , they are published ) . |
| 22 | But , often , engineers in charge of such devices have no control over the transmission equipment , whose owners may not be prepared to take the necessary precautions . |