Example sentences of "[verb] more control over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Freehold possession ( ownership ) describes the situation where the freeholder or owner has more control over the premises than any other person or organization .
2 With a check , the pianist has more control over the action of the piano and is offered a greater dynamic range .
3 Instead aspirations at both district and unit level were confined to making relatively modest service improvements and getting more control over the quality of care provided to their residents by other districts .
4 I should like to see more control over the Commission , and its executive being checked .
5 The overdrive , too , benefits from reverb and the presence control allows a bit of sophistication in the upper treble range , giving more control over the amp 's response .
6 Er , in double income families , certainly in double income families , surely the wife 's gon na have more control over the money that she earns and the money that she can use ?
7 Try to have both roof and side vents so that you can have more control over the greenhouse environment .
8 This gives more control over the process , with the advantage of keeping the sections cool , further reducing damage and enabling the preparations to be used for fluid inclusion work .
9 It will undoubtedly be an advantage to governing bodies to have more control over the resources of their schools and greater flexibility in the deployment and use of staff , premises and materials .
10 Doug Michels , now SCO 's official chief technology officer , reportedly had more control over the future of the company than he used to but is likewise more accountable , measured by what he delivers , they say .
11 Doctors have more control over the treatment received by their patients but remain largely unaccountable to the public and management .
12 Peasants and pastoralists who have more control over the use of private land and/or flocks can carry out both new agricultural practices ( mulching , inter-cropping , zero-tillage or improved cultivation ) , and invest in private erosion works such as terraces , bunds , gully-head protection , etc .
13 As time went on , however , the executive began to gain more control over the situation .
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