Control
control (verb) - able to make people or things do what you want them to docontrol (noun)
controllable (adjective)
circumstances beyond our control
circumstances beyond their control had brought them into financial despair
firmly in control of her destiny
claw back control
how his brutality served him to claw control back
temperature in building controlled by sensors
control of person's fate
the key consideration must be how he chooses to present itself to those who ultimately control his fate
feared losing control over the rich oil fields
spiral out of control
the hatred that engulfed them once events spiraled out of control
gain control
get control
take control
acquire control
assume control
given control
control over the language he used in the presentation
as long as determined authoritarian elites control the army and the secret police, they can repress pro-democratic forces
the Caribbean's legacy of half millennium of foreign control
local control over the sale of alcoholic beverages in their communities
tight control
tighten controls
impose tough controls
introduce controls
relax controls
remove controls
Tsetse fly control
effective control of a damaging alien scale insects
failed attempts to keep inflation under control
the feeling that humans can exert little or no control over their own destinies
how much of their lives they feel they can control
people's perceptions of the amount of control they can exert over their lives
the oil industry, nuclear industry, and educational institutions all came under government control
such control is very hard to achieve
strict government control over cultural life
national practices of control and propaganda and the erection of grand cultural monuments
lose control
relinquish control
give up control
hand over control
keep control
an attack launched by terrorists whom a government has failed to control
Government control is extremely tight
social control
Automated Social Control
controversial foreign control of companies in the country
the international community's security interests in conflict with a nation's right to control its internal matters
a controlling interest in a company
controlling shareholders
enough shares to be in control of a company
lose control of the company
control over land and water
control over water rights
control purse strings
control the purse strings for major research grants
workers now have more control over management
control the levers of power
he failed because of either a lack of will or a lack of ability to control the levers of power
company under public control
took full control of the company
If there were top-down control, with the elite issuing orders and the commoners dutifully following them, then we would have peace
air pollution control
rodent control
a control freak
out of control
command and control
an effective system of arms control
control button
press the airplane ejection seat control button quick before we crash
we will not be able to control to a great extent what species will exist in these different habitats
bottom-up and top-down control in complex communities
the controller of a company
remote control airplane
laws to control pharmaceutical prices
being in control
inflation out of control
hike interest rates to control inflation
control group in an experiment
surrender of control
low levels of control
firm control
parental control over children
control techniques
self-control
strict control by security guards, or outright removal from the mall
Migration Control
loosening of government control over the planned economy
under control
With such a high volume of imported oil, the Romans needed a system to control distribution and deter cheating and fraud
a storehouse control number
in a position to dominate the ivory trade from the African interior, it also could control the sea route by which ships carried goods from the Mediterranean to markets along the Italian coast
exercise control
If there was control over trade and economic activity, how was that control exercised?
disease control programs
the World Health Organization has selected Tanzania as the site for a trial national rabies control program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
the fund remained under the control of a coordinator appointed by the President
areas under control
Israel formally placed the areas under its control in 1981 under Israeli law, a de-facto annexation
excessive control
loosening of control
a period of laxity is followed by a period of excessive control, the irritations of which help produce the conditions for an eventual loosening of control
the ability of a state to control its internal affairs, including its domestic laws, is a core aspect of national sovereignty
surrendered control
ended up losing control over their lives
control of the liquor traffic
control of the militia
have no control over the situation
lost control of their future
