Example sentences of "[adj] measure of control over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it . |
| 3 | Thus we require participatory democracy to give the individual a real measure of control over the life and structure of his/her environment . |
| 4 | Even when industries were not state owned there were various other instruments by which government actually exercised a large measure of control over the private sector . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |