Example sentences of "some [noun sg] of control over " 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 Other authors give a micro perspective , from the community level ; Hester van der Walt and Janet Pelly give examples of efforts to allow given populations some measure of control over local health services .
4 Many writers in this issue and many community health workers in general would readily admit the importance of the political setting of health care and the importance of the political will of states to encourage/allow their citizens some measure of control over their health , another constant factor in this question of control .
5 Fourth , the holder of a floating charge will have some measure of control over the company even without taking any steps to enforce it .
6 She wanted to have some measure of control over her own productivity — which she could exercise by walking more quickly or slowly .
7 It should be noted that what I have called a two-stage golden thread approach implies that human beings have some kind of control over what they will say is right .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 . ’
11 He has at least some degree of control over his immediate circumstances , but even if he is unable to exert control in particular cases , he at least knows that his views and decisions count .
12 In addition to imitation , there are a number of other procedures designed to give the teacher or therapist some degree of control over the child 's language production .
13 Words and names , as we all know from everyday experience , possess magical power : naming and identifying experiences and things imposes some degree of control over them and gives at least the illusion of bringing them within our power .
14 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 .
15 To hypothesize , it was as if the king of France held the earldom of Cornwall or Lancaster from the king of England , who could therefore exert some degree of control over the foreign policy and behaviour of the king of France .
16 It was by such means — both ‘ feudal ’ and non-feudal — that the house of Foix-Béarn exercised some degree of control over those members of the Gascon nobility whose lordships lay outside their own domains .
17 This explains why the Commission wishes to exercise some degree of control over the freedom to subsidise .
18 However , most countries still retained some degree of control over capital account transactions , mainly because the volatile nature of capital flows was thought to present potential problems for the stability of their exchange rates .
19 The Home Secretary performs the following functions in relation to all police forces : ( a ) Some degree of control over the appointment and dismissal of senior officers .
20 They might see it as better to take-over their main supplier , even if it means that company losing some existing orders from competing manufacturers of food products ; * buyers may deliberately seek international suppliers , so as to maintain their choice and retain some degree of control over the prices and terms of supply .
21 Such economic transformations tend to undermine both the national independence of Third World countries , and the autonomy of women where this is based on some degree of control over land .
22 The most important thing to understand here is that people try to re-establish some sort of control over their situation .
23 Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again .
24 She turned her hot face into the pillows and tried to get some sort of control over her heartbeats .
25 Try to retain some sort of control over an emotional matter and expect partners to behave unpredictably and thoughtlessly .
26 planning applications , erm the sort of locational aspects are important , the the existing policy in the structure plan did have some sort of control over the the number of jobs , but it 's as as David Potter has said , it 's been very difficult to monitor er the level of jobs being provided , and in practice it 's been really impossible to implement that aspect of of the policy .
27 The centre 's goal has been to enhance the quality of life of people who have cancer , and to possibly allay progression of the disease ; to give people some feeling of control over their lives and their healthcare , and to help them cope better with having cancer .
28 Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation .
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