Sentence examples for Exercise control over from inspiring English sources

But we do exercise control over how we live.

"It was impossible for him to exercise control over subordinates and contractors," Mr. O'Neill said.

They are how women exercise control over their lives and families.

It is the only way you can exercise control over who gets what, and how much".

BBC Worldwide can effectively exercise control over who buys the stake.

He did not seem to want, and he certainly did not exercise, control over the courtroom.

And the Syrian misadventure implies that Kouchner can't even exercise control over the hot spots.

Married women could not exercise control over their own children without the permission of their husbands.

That is making it harder for the old elite to exercise control over public opinion.

Rulers struggled to exercise control over scattered populations, the theory goes.

State supervisory committees presided over by government-appointed commissioners exercise control over administrative acts.