Example sentences of "[to-vb] some [noun sg] of control [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state was forced to assume some measure of control over distribution of food and levels of profits , and thus intervene in the market . |
| 2 | A court must be able to exercise some measure of control over the cases which are brought before it , to prevent injustice to either party and to ensure that the various issues can be fully and effectively dealt with . |
| 3 | This explains why the Commission wishes to exercise some degree of control over the freedom to subsidise . |
| 4 | The shire and hundred meetings may have been able to exercise some kind of control over this , although a king who allowed himself and his servants too much leeway would have been difficult to oppose directly . |
| 5 | Try to retain some sort of control over an emotional matter and expect partners to behave unpredictably and thoughtlessly . |
| 6 | And , although I was instantaneously and utterly in love with you — and quite determined that we should marry as soon as possible — I have been trying my damnedest to keep some kind of control over my emotions . ’ |
| 7 | The most important thing to understand here is that people try to re-establish some sort of control over their situation . |
| 8 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 9 | She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats . |
| 10 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 11 | She wanted to have some measure of control over her own productivity — which she could exercise by walking more quickly or slowly . |
| 12 | Whereas some researchers had treated women 's supportiveness as a straightforward sign of their socialisation into powerlessness and deference , or as signs of what Lakoff would term ‘ insecurity ’ or ‘ approval seeking ’ , Fishman considers supportiveness a creative and skilful strategy women use in order to have some kind of control in conversation with men . |