Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] control [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good example is a recent struggle for control of the Sophonpanich empire . |
| 2 | One of the features which noticeably emerged in the 1980s was a struggle for control of the past , a confrontation primarily between those who perceive contemporary western civilisation as a triumph and those who question such a perspective . |
| 3 | Simpsons ' directors yesterday recommended that shareholders accept Baldwin 's offer in what is expected to be the conclusion of a bitter struggle for control of the group . |
| 4 | Today 's move is expected to be the conclusion of a bitter struggle for control of the group . |
| 5 | The stability which had characterized Edward IV 's last years had thus collapsed , almost overnight , into a struggle for control during the minority which was in the end to lose his son the throne . |
| 6 | The stability which had characterized Edward IV 's last years had thus collapsed , almost overnight , into a struggle for control during the minority which was in the end to lose his son the throne . |
| 7 | As we have witnessed in the preceding chapter , the ideological contest for control of the past is largely predicated on the basis of the Renaissance being a phenomenon , something that can be discovered and controlled by accurate descriptions of what it is . |
| 8 | THE head of French cosmetics giant L'Oreal yesterday ruled out any bid for control of the company by shareholder Nestle before 1994 . |
| 9 | The programmers in the company initially had a good deal of control over the computer installation , which provoked management to cut down their influence . |
| 10 | Unless you do it every day at your particular gliding site , you are certain to misjudge such a landing , besides having the hazards of the higher touchdown speeds and loss of control during the ground run to contend with . |
| 11 | But the price of obtaining the destruction of working-class power and organization was a loss of control over the state by the bourgeoisie and nobility . |
| 12 | The family 's loss of control over the youth is crucial to his development in sport , for , if there was a more balanced social management within the West Indian community , it is likely that the vibrance and energy expended in sport could be directed into more orthodox areas . |
| 13 | The decline of pre-marital pregnancy during the late nineteenth century was probably therefore less the product of adoption of middle-class values than the consequence of the felt loss of control over the consequence of heterosexual relations . |
| 14 | The second risk area in abseiling is the loss of control of the rope . |
| 15 | Subjects began to feel a loss of control of the course of their thinking . |
| 16 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 17 | Loss of control in the self ( particularly the ‘ selves ’ of powerful individuals ) , or loss of control in a wider social or political fabric could produce a domino effect bringing the whole into chaos . |
| 18 | In 1662 the royal grant of control of the tapestry manufactory at Mortlake founded by Charles I brought disaster , even though coupled with an annual subsidy of £1,000 . |
| 19 | The agreement declares that the member is admitted to clearing membership ; this requires the member to notify LCH of such events as a petition for liquidation , loss of authorisation under the 1986 Act , the imposition of any disciplinary measure by a regulatory authority or a change of control of the member . |
| 20 | It gives you a level of control over the configuration that is cleaner and quicker than anything DR-DOS offers in its question and answer CONFIG.SYS functionality . |
| 21 | What we do need is the equivalent of what we 've got in the documents which I 've given to you which is some sort of allowance for every bit of control of the thing . |
| 22 | Donald Woods , 58 , was the only white members of the governing council of the South African Cricket Board of Control at the time of his arrest and banning in Johannesburg by state decree in October 1977 . |
| 23 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 24 | Particularly controversial was the Slovak government 's demand for a division of control of the country 's oil and gas pipelines from the Soviet Union , which raised fears in the Czech republic over the supply of vital energy resources . |
| 25 | The vital role ( which contemporaries fully appreciated ) played by such relatively small ports as Le Crotoy , at the mouth of the river Somme , in the period 1420–50 , together with the fact that the ports of Dieppe and Harfleur were among the first places to be snatched from English control in 1435 ( leaving them with Cherbourg as the only port from which they could maintain regular links with England between 1435 and 1440 , a vital period in the military history of the occupation ) , shows how important the Burgundian connection was to both main protagonists as they struggled to acquire and maintain a measure of control over the sea . |
| 26 | Its directors had to sustain wars in Asia , try to devise means of governing newly conquered Indian provinces , and cope with the demands of the national government and of Parliament for an ever greater measure of control over the Company . |
| 27 | Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it . |
| 28 | Thus we require participatory democracy to give the individual a real measure of control over the life and structure of his/her environment . |
| 29 | Among positive rights , we should include the rights : to have all one 's experience and knowledge assessed in the admissions process ; to determine the subjects studied ; to have a legitimate measure of control over the pace and the methods of study ; to be able to follow a particular academic interest , or develop a point of view of one 's own ; to be examined in ways which do justice to the student 's achievements ; and to be credited with those parts of a course which have been passed successfully ( should the student wish or need to move to another institution , or to take a break in the programme of study ) . |
| 30 | Lastly , a charge affords a chargee a measure of control over the business of the debtor company . |