Example sentences of "control over " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things you will notice when watching the television is that close-ups are used very effectively , and so it is of vital importance that the actor has absolute control over his/her face and expression . |
| 2 | The elders are individuals of good-standing drawn from the local laity , who both appoint their minister and have considerable control over his or her activities — there is at present one woman minister with a congregation in Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | However , these increasingly centralized and expensive units only enforce control over a very narrow range of public or ‘ street visible ’ acts of social disorder . |
| 4 | If the British system of policing is a social construction geared to the maintenance of élitist power and is primarily concerned to keep control over a materially disadvantaged underclass , then these same ‘ dangerous classes ’ seem to have willingly entered into this game of power-relations with their masters ; and by doing so they have deflected attention away from their own lack of privilege and power . |
| 5 | If the police are to continue to exercise control over an increasingly pluralist society , which is better educated and less willing simply to accept any version of events handed out by the powerful , then it seems essential they should avoid scrutiny yet suggest they are totally accountable to the democratic ideal . |
| 6 | One result of this constant paradox is that while the police make statements welcoming research and applaud intellectual debate , they strive to impose rigid control over a system of preferred rules and regulations to negate open enquiry , so that systems are quietly but firmly deployed to deny the critical approach — as we shall see . |
| 7 | Good balance is the effective control over your centre of gravity , relative to the direction in which you are delivering the ball . |
| 8 | In all Spanish Theatre dances there must be strict control over the stance taken . |
| 9 | It was and stili is the extraordinary pictorial value of the linear patterns and forms created by Nijinska for Les Noces which emphasises more clearly than any other ballet the need for every choreographer to keep strict control over the mass of material needed to make a single work . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Arab League 's proposals call for cabinet veto power over presidential decisions , thus reducing Maronite control over the government and more accurately reflecting the strength of Lebanon 's majority Muslim population . |
| 12 | Separation of the two hemispheres of the brain showed each could only sustain a full range of visual control over the opposite hand . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Technically she still has some rough edges — a peremptoriness in her phrasing , an uncertain control over her own force - but the full easy strength of her dancing and the scale of her projection promise important things to come . |
| 15 | Neil Kinnock has more complete control over the party than any leader since Attlee . |
| 16 | Insulin injections allow the majority to live a normal life but the control over blood sugar is not as efficient as the body 's own mechanism . |
| 17 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 18 | The paper states : ‘ It is not implausible to foresee a situation in which central government exercises increasing control over the ordinary movements and activities of its citizens . |
| 19 | ‘ Quality of childcare and practicality are also important and although cash works out cheapest , it has a serious drawback in that the employer has no control over how the money is being used . |
| 20 | Added to this is the perpetual insecurity reserve police suffer as a result of the management 's control over the renewal of their contract : and sergeants are not averse to using this as a threat in parades . |
| 21 | in hot countries , the markets are dynamic , and a multinational company ought to seek greater control over the activities of the ‘ middleman ’ — ie over selling . |
| 22 | None the less , viewers seemed to resent their lack of choice and lack of control over what they saw . |
| 23 | The workings of the legal system in 1922 will be examined in a later chapter as one aspect of Bolshevik control over society , and the general extent of crime will be noted . |
| 24 | Poor control over shipments led to theft and other misdemeanours . |
| 25 | The attempt to achieve a national core curriculum , while widely supported as a way of improving literacy and numeracy amongst schoolchildren , was also feared as yet another turn in the ratchet of state control over local experimentation . |
| 26 | Even when industries were not state owned there were various other instruments by which government actually exercised a large measure of control over the private sector . |
| 27 | This has been coupled with policies for a ‘ strong ’ state in defence and law and order , and more centralized control over local government spending and over secondary and higher education than any previous government has attempted . |
| 28 | This has been combined with such measures as the privatization of local housing and other services , central control over local spending and revenue , and forcing local authority direct labour organizations into the market place . |
| 29 | At Present it appears that advocates of big spending programmes , expanding the public sector , inflation-risking policies , and increasing state control over the economy are in a minority . |
| 30 | The only type of receiver who could be appointed was a receiver of rates who has no control over assets and no management control which a receiver normally has . |