Example sentences of "[art] measure of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can give the familiarity and the regular weekly person-to-person payment of the weekly credit caller or the mail order agent , with a measure of flexibility over payment difficulties which even an understanding commercial lender might find taxing . |
| 2 | The second priority will be the division of your holding into a number of main blocks , depending upon your acreage , to give you a measure of control over the grazing of your pastures , to separate groups of stock ( e.g. rams from ewes ) , and to shut off fields for hay or arable crops . |
| 3 | The secondary ( vertical ) line is used to fire the shutter and also exercises a measure of control over the kite train . |
| 4 | But labour has consequences for consciousness in that rules for instrumental action are developed which enable the subject to have a measure of control over nature through the use of tools . |
| 5 | While force and the means of destruction are primarily physical realities , the path to their deployment in the manner we now fear is through the emotions and decisions of beings who are able to achieve a measure of control over their actions . |
| 6 | If they were both to preserve a measure of control over the wage structure in a capitalist economy and to win adequate state pensions for their members , then a retirement condition was inevitable . |
| 7 | However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services . |
| 8 | The vital role ( which contemporaries fully appreciated ) played by such relatively small ports as Le Crotoy , at the mouth of the river Somme , in the period 1420–50 , together with the fact that the ports of Dieppe and Harfleur were among the first places to be snatched from English control in 1435 ( leaving them with Cherbourg as the only port from which they could maintain regular links with England between 1435 and 1440 , a vital period in the military history of the occupation ) , shows how important the Burgundian connection was to both main protagonists as they struggled to acquire and maintain a measure of control over the sea . |
| 9 | As in the case of the previous section , the purpose of the section is to give a licensing board a measure of control over licensed premises during the currency of a three year licence . |
| 10 | Lastly , a charge affords a chargee a measure of control over the business of the debtor company . |
| 11 | This would lead to a clearer understanding of the relationships between international organisations , such as the European Community , which have acquired a measure of control over national policy , and the nations themselves . |
| 12 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 13 | These seven pieces of work were designed to enable across-class comparison and analysis , but over fifty other topic-related activities involving art work , mathematics , science , music , environmental studies and various kinds of research were also suggested in order to give each class and its teacher a measure of autonomy over the way their work progressed . |