Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] control over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |
| 2 | An attempt to regain control over the peasants ' movement |
| 3 | Moreover , a Marxist-Leninist analysis of foreign-policy formulation in the United States ( which would have been accepted by Guevara and also by Raúl Castro , both extremely powerful figure ) implicitly makes two assumptions which have been shown to be inaccurate : firstly , that the ’ bourgeoisie' always act in concert , and secondly , that the ruling group has control over the statements of major Interest groups within society . |
| 4 | Allowing the buyer to have access to the goods , e.g. to paint or repair , will not amount to giving him possession provided the seller retains control over the goods . |
| 5 | Personal property is best linked with communal rather than private property , such as state or kin-held property , since it is a statement of relative inalienability , such that the social subject , individual or collective , associated with the object retains control over the conditions under which it may be alienated . |
| 6 | Marx argued that the division of labour in capitalist society causes the worker to lose control over the conditions and fruits of his labour , with the result that he becomes estranged both from himself and from his fellow men . |