The phrase "a controlling individual" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who exerts excessive influence or authority over others.
Example: "In the workplace, a controlling individual can create a stifling environment that discourages creativity and collaboration."
Alternatives: "a domineering person" or "an overbearing individual."
Or perhaps the body in the bag was evidence of a stage-managed "personal event", masterminded by a controlling individual.
The response, they said, was akin to the "swarm intelligence" seen in flocks of birds where complex group behavior occurs despite the absence of a controlling individual.
Books, comics, furniture, toys from childhood... one of the recognizable traits of a controlling individual is that s/he has a hard time letting go of things, even if it's just a box from a childhood toy.
Behind the laid-back loner, there is a quietly controlling individual with a clear idea of what he wants to produce and an arcane but methodical approach to getting what he's after.
How is it possible for an ordinary, controlling individual to care intensely about his friends without trying to change them?
"David Gilroy was a deceitful and controlling individual who pestered Suzanne with hundreds of messages, and then killed her when she told him their affair was over.
Nuclease-dead CRISPR-dCas9 transcriptional regulators, while offering an approach for controlling individual gene expression, remain incapable of dynamically coordinating complex transcriptional events.
Patients were individually matched by gender, age and smoking history to a control individual with no history of malignant disease.
All patients with LC were as far as possible individually matched by gender, age and smoking history to a control individual with no previous history of malignant disease.
All patients with lung cancer were as far as possible individually matched by sex, age and smoking history to a control individual with no previous history of malignant disease.
Approximately 50 ng of sample cDNA per well were used for the analysis, except for the case of cDNA from the SC population from a control individual, for which the amount of cDNA had to be reduced to 7.5 ng per wall to prevent overloading of the assay.
