Example sentences of "control over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all Spanish Theatre dances there must be strict control over the stance taken . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Separation of the two hemispheres of the brain showed each could only sustain a full range of visual control over the opposite hand . |
| 6 | Neil Kinnock has more complete control over the party than any leader since Attlee . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And Mr Campbell-Savours called on the Lonrho chief executive , Mr Tiny Rowland , to relinquish control over the Observer . |
| 13 | Sir Richard Attenborough , chairman of Channel 4 , said it was ‘ utterly improper that any government should have direct control over the appointment of who will run Channel 4 ’ . |
| 14 | The aim is to give councils some control over the future growth of second homes . |
| 15 | Nintendo exerts strict control over the market by not allowing anyone else to put games on its machine ( which Atari Games claims violates US anti-trust laws ) and by its powerful marketing . |
| 16 | Pressure by environmentalists in the US has meant that that country has exerted some control over the industry by insisting that observers are placed on board US-registered boats . |
| 17 | The Congress approved most of the new powers Mr Gorbachev had requested , including direct control over the government and over a new security council . |
| 18 | This would deprive party bosses of control over the election . |
| 19 | Any attempt to reduce inflation permanently would require a deep cut in government spending and tight control over the money supply . |
| 20 | The struggle for control over the Baltic republics is rapidly being overtaken by a bigger struggle for power in the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | Its high command is dominated by authoritarians who have fought off arguments that conscription be ended and Communist control over the army be scrapped . |
| 22 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
| 23 | The central authorities in Moscow know that , if they keep tight control over the information they possess , they will also keep their contacts with foreigners and their access to foreign money ; Soviet scientists have been known to try to sell Chernobyl statistics to the West . |
| 24 | In the first place , it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed . |
| 25 | You may recall that in 1976 a Church of Scotland minister , defending his action in shooting two of Gavin Maxwell 's adopted otter cubs as they were playing on the shore , argued that ‘ the Lord gave man control over the beasts of the field ’ . |
| 26 | Try to have both roof and side vents so that you can have more control over the greenhouse environment . |
| 27 | They carry the same fear that someone will not come back even though as adults they may have far more control over the situation . |
| 28 | It seems clear therefore that the central administration was unable at this time to exercise effective financial control over the Forest wardens . |
| 29 | ‘ What a funny old election this is , at which the political parties argue about taxation and legislation but declare all the time that they intend the electors of this country to have no further control over the very questions that are being put to them . ’ |
| 30 | Learn and remember about the bloodshed at Grunwick , the abuse of power by union barons with their iron control over the last Labour government , the continual disruption of industry by strikes , flying and mass pickets , the uncollected rubbish and unburied dead , inflation at 27 per cent . |