Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] control over [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Fear of losing control over others .
2 An exhaustive inquiry into Planning Control over Mineral Working was completed by the Stevens Committee in 1976 .
3 If other people have it they represent a threat to our independence , to our ability to make choices and to our sense of having control over people and situations in our own lives .
4 These were broadly based on the recommendations of the 1976 Stevens Committee Report on Planning Control over Mineral Workings , which proposed that mineral permissions should be reviewed periodically and modified , where necessary , to bring them up to date .
5 Faced with economic problems caused by rising fuel prices , the managerial staff of organisations and institutions housed in non-domestic buildings may welcome the possibility of gaining control over energy consumption which seems to be offered by technological developments that are comparatively cheap .
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