Example sentences of "[noun sg] of control [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programmers in the company initially had a good deal of control over the computer installation , which provoked management to cut down their influence . |
| 2 | From the Carlowitz peace negotiations with the Habsburgs in 1699 , successive grand viziers began to leave him a good deal of control over foreign affairs , though he again was also entrusted with a wide variety of other and quite different functions . |
| 3 | Unless you do it every day at your particular gliding site , you are certain to misjudge such a landing , besides having the hazards of the higher touchdown speeds and loss of control during the ground run to contend with . |
| 4 | Just to conclude , I share the view expressed already by Councillor , that just as the issue of the elderly persons homes brought about the loss of control for the Conservatives in , be sure the Health Service will bring about the downfall of the Conservatives in White Hall . |
| 5 | Feeding either through a series resistance results in a loss of control on the moving diaphragm by the amplifier , usually resulting in a peak in the bass response with a rapid ‘ roll-off ’ below the frequency of the peak . |
| 6 | Apart from loss of control over females , there is also another danger in overinflating the size of the harem . |
| 7 | Loss of control over events . |
| 8 | The family 's loss of control over the youth is crucial to his development in sport , for , if there was a more balanced social management within the West Indian community , it is likely that the vibrance and energy expended in sport could be directed into more orthodox areas . |
| 9 | The decline of pre-marital pregnancy during the late nineteenth century was probably therefore less the product of adoption of middle-class values than the consequence of the felt loss of control over the consequence of heterosexual relations . |
| 10 | Many parents bitterly objected to their loss of control over their children ( and particularly to the violence of ritualised corporal punishment ) . |
| 11 | Gray and Jenkins ( 1984 , p. 425 ) point to intraorganizational tensions created by the FMI : for example , between service departments on the one hand and the Treasury ( and formerly also the Management and Personnel Office ) on the other , with the latter fearing loss of control over departmental expenditure and manpower . |
| 12 | Economic decline has been presented as one of the causes of the weakening of the power of the state bureaucracy and its loss of control over its powerful provincial magnates . |
| 13 | Azerbaijani attempts to open a new front in the east through attacks on the Askeran region of the enclave from Agdam could not prevent their loss of control over Lachin on May 17 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 17 | It is a measure of Edward II 's loss of control of his family that a matter as important as his heir 's marriage could be arranged without his prior knowledge or consent . |
| 18 | The second risk area in abseiling is the loss of control of the rope . |
| 19 | She currently suffers from an impaired memory , partial paralysis on her right side , loss of control of her emotions and partial traumatic epilepsy . |
| 20 | Subjects began to feel a loss of control of the course of their thinking . |
| 21 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 22 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 23 | But a loss of control by a constitutional government may not immediately deprive it of its status , whereas an insurgent regime will require to establish control before it can exist as a government . |
| 24 | This first wave of indigenization had few practical effects , and Nigeria 's many TNCs managed to evade serious loss of control by enlisting members of the local bourgeoisie to ‘ front ’ for them , a universal practice where there are restrictions on foreigners engaging in certain economic activities . |
| 25 | For a variety of reasons Stalin rejected a ‘ Finnish ’ solution in Eastern Europe in preference to a security formula based on ideological conformity and the maintenance of control over these countries ' internal as well as external policies . |
| 26 | The maintenance of control over Rome itself was an inspiration of all popes — as old as the history of the papacy . |
| 27 | In this way the illusion of control over the ‘ sinister pluralisation ’ was established . |
| 28 | In 1662 the royal grant of control of the tapestry manufactory at Mortlake founded by Charles I brought disaster , even though coupled with an annual subsidy of £1,000 . |
| 29 | If it is seen as part of control over quality of education , the parent might ask why the child should be given access at all . |
| 30 | Southend United .... 3 Tottenham Hotspur .. 2 ( aet ; score at 90 min 3-2 ; agg 3-3 ; Tottenham win on away goals ) TOTTENHAM ended last night playing party tricks to waste time at Roots Hall , but it had taken them nearly two hours to establish a semblance of control over Southend in a throbbing , snarling , extraordinarily eventful Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg . |