Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] control over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Direct expenditure by the federal government on investment has been virtually eliminated since the adoption of the 1974 Constitution , but , as we shall see below , the federal government continues to have an important indirect influence on investment through its control over the level of bank credits . |
| 2 | Governments have a direct influence over the process of national income determination through their control over the flows of public expenditure G and taxation T . |
| 3 | In negotiations with management , union officials may feel compelled to resort to the threat of industrial action ( a strike , ‘ blacking ’ certain work practices , a work-to-rule or go-slow etc — to use resource power in the form of their control over the labour force , ie. the support of their members ) . |
| 4 | Chinese leaders reportedly told Anh that they fully supported the outcome of the congress , which had stressed the maintenance of the party 's hold on political power whilst approving further loosening of its control over the economy . |
| 5 | Unions have some degree of monopoly power in their control over the supply of labour . |
| 6 | In reality , it is this power , rather than any other provision , that has been vital to the police in their control over the years of pickets , protesters , and political demonstrators . |
| 7 | Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution . |
| 8 | ‘ But this also raises some doubt over her control over the department in that a highly contentious initiative like this can apparently proceed without her knowing anything about it . ’ |
| 9 | Though in the end his rights prevailed , the dispute had long repercussions on his control over the counts and castellans of the demesne . |
| 10 | In Toulouse , for example , while episcopal jurisdiction shrank under the Second Lateran Council 's prohibition on justice de sang , the boni homines emerged before 1120 as important judicial figures , their competence enhanced by their control over the salvamenta established as a consequence of the peace movement . |