Example sentences of "[det] control over [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Through the emergence of the arts and crafts movement , Morris succeeded in establishing a craft tradition in which the individual could retain some control over every stage of manufacture from design to execution , and thereby gain a far more satisfactory relationship with the product .
2 First , there is the early Marxist approach of Ian Taylor which emphasises that hooligan behaviour is a symbolic attempt by working-class fans to restore some control over a game which they feel increasingly alienated from .
3 For the issuing bank , the documents of title provide some control over the goods and may be used to ensure re-sale proceeds of the importer are paid to it .
4 Its twenty five members , supported by the Milk Marketing Board , have effectively achieved a coup in that , as a collective they now aim to have some control over the prices they receive for their products as individuals and can bargain with the retailing giants , knowing they have the support of their fellow members .
5 What the case does not make clear is how ISS made its profit , although it seems that Philips retained some control over the prices charged by ISS ( see point 14 of the judgement ) .
6 It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going .
7 The clerk therefore has some control over the flow of work for each barrister in the chambers .
8 Begin to form letters with some control over the size , shape and orientation of letters or lines of writing .
9 715 , some control over the exercise of jurisdiction was well recognised .
10 Congress tried to reassert some control over the budget process in 1974 , specifically to prevent President Nixon from refusing to spend ( impounding ) money appropriated by Congress .
11 Obviously this last option permits the human indexer some control over the allocation of index terms .
12 Workers expect to have some control over the means by which they perform a set task , and they resent having means specified in too much detail .
13 You do have some control over the costs in the form of wage bills so you may require information about that area , and your daily cash takings and some idea of stock turnover to control for pilferage of goods or cash .
14 Pressure by environmentalists in the US has meant that that country has exerted some control over the industry by insisting that observers are placed on board US-registered boats .
15 This means that the bidder will lose some control over the secrecy arrangements and may face a premature announcement by the target .
16 With Chrissie so shaken up , it would be good to have a second voice in the Stones ' house that could exert some control over the eleven-year-old .
17 Henry attempted to gain some control over the situation .
18 However , at a board meeting the Chairman has supported JR 's suggestion that , as a preliminary measure , the accounts department should in future have some control over the acceptance of sales orders .
19 They thus have some control over the speed with which the AGV moves through their section , and for those sections where the carrier does not move for the full 20 minutes there is the opportunity to pace their work over that span .
20 The trust is invalid on several counts : no property has been bequeathed to the curator so the principle of benefit is infringed ; if the curator had been validly appointed , which he has not , then he would be able to exercise some control over the foster-child 's use of the land ; but even then , since he would not be owner , it would be a problem that it was he who was charged with the trust for distributing shares in the income from the land .
21 On the other hand , damages are not a discretionary remedy and so the courts do not have as much control over the award of this remedy as over the judicial review remedies .
22 The effect of this was that Central Office , for all its generosity , did not have much control over the selection of candidates in places where the man selected might actually win , and this did not change much before 1914 .
23 Possibly the test is , ‘ Can it be inferred from the facts of the particular case that the occupier had such control over the licensee or over the circumstances which made his act possible that he ought to have prevented it ?
24 First , although the people involved in the development of the system are directly responsible for the performance and accuracy of the system , they have little control over the way the system will be used or interpreted .
25 Tuesday was the day of the week with the poorest attendance levels — averaging about 17 users compared with an average of 26 for the rest of the week — and senior Contact staff had little control over the situation .
26 For those , such as the rural semi-proletariat and the absolutely landless with little control over the means of production with which to meet their needs , even individual responses are denied them .
27 ASSURED SHORTHOLD TENANCIES do not give long-term tenancy rights and there is very little control over the rent levels that can be charged by a landlord .
28 Despite this relationship of women to the home , they have little control over the nature of their housing .
29 Sometimes , alas , you will have little control over the matter .
30 John Wildman , who sat in the Convention as member for Great Bedwin , produced a tract in which he argued that the King 's legislative veto and power to dismiss Parliament be removed and that control over the militia , the declaration of war and the appointment of judges should be transferred to Parliament .
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