Sentence examples for been control from inspiring English sources
verb
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.
A more important issue might have been control over the nation's image.
The issue between Kraft and Parcells had been control; Parcells wanted to be in charge of drafting and trading players, not just coaching them.
All over the ballpark you can feel his enlightened arrogance, which is not so different from that of other great athletes who have been control freaks in every way.
In Najaf, Mr. Sadr's trump card has been control of the shrine, which American commanders say has been used for firing at Americans soldiers and their allies with mortars, rockets and assault rifles.
Though rates have been cut in stages for six years, collections of income and corporate tax have risen from 2.1% of GDP in 1990-91 to 3.1% this year.Just as important has been control on spending.
To be sure, if the projections of a century of US energy independence based on North American energy resources turn out to be realistic, the significance of controlling MENA would decline somewhat, though probably not by much: the main concern has always been control more than access.
