The phrase "a controlling hand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who exerts influence or authority over a situation or group of people.
Example: "The CEO's controlling hand shaped the company's direction and culture, leaving little room for dissent."
Alternatives: "an authoritative grip" or "a dominant influence".
Mr. Giuliani ruled with a controlling hand.
The inverse is true as well: no documentary, whatever its claims to objective reportage, is ever devoid of manipulation, since a controlling hand is evident in even the most routine matters of camera placement and shot selection.
All this is set in striking lighting by Noele Stollmack, with a brilliant use of color and shadow; totemic video and photo segments, in most of which Ms. Monk had a controlling hand; and understated sound design by David Meschter, amplified but never overbearing.
These 28 pages allegedly prove that the Saudis had a controlling hand in funding the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 innocent people.
A Controlling Hand Dr. Michael Cohen rode across the East River to advise a mayor he had never met and did not care for politically.
In Philip Howard's low-fat adaptation, brother Marcus becomes sister Marcia, played by Alison Peebles with the controlling hand of a head waiter and there's a strong-willed, dignified performance by Chloe-Ann Taylor as the much-abused Lavinia.
Often free of commercial concerns and the controlling hand of a parent company, browser developers continue to earn themselves a reputation as game design's creatively risky frontiersmen.
The spectacular crime received national attention, all the more because the controlling hand was a woman's.
The sentiment is clear, and the execution reveals a mannered, controlled hand.
At the same time, however, he insisted the security services that became the K.G.B. he worked for were only a tool wielded by the controlling hands of the real power, the Communist Party.
Building a 3d-printed, myoelectrically controlled hand.
