Sentence examples for control in the face from inspiring English sources

This would provide joint control in the face of the lopsided equity arrangement.

Union leaders seem to be in danger of losing control in the face of demands for an all-out strike.

But a Republican congressman, Trent Franks, reflected some of the difficulties Obama will face in pressing gun control in the face of a powerful lobby.

As both managers made clear, retaining emotional control in the face of provocation is half the battle in a contest as ferocious as this.

And it has long used women's bodies as a tool through which to exercise control in the face of waning influence.

Rhoden identifies "the Jockey Syndrome, or changing the rules... to maintain control in the face of a perceived challenge to white supremacy".

Our contention is that smokers exhibit poor self-control in the face of immediate temptation — which can look like a willingness to assume risk.

CANDACE CARROLL La Jolla, Calif., July 28, 2013   To the Editor: Eyal Ert and Eldad Yechiam suggest that smokers continue to smoke because they "exhibit poor self-control in the face of immediate temptation".

Yet the highest stylistic refinement of Hawks's artistry and the highest tribute that he pays to Chandler is in the code of conduct, the metallic cool of keen judgment, elegant violence, and seemingly relaxed self-control in the face of danger, that marks Marlowe and his toughest adversaries.

Yet the highest stylistic refinement of Hawks's artistry — and the highest tribute that he pays to Chandler — is in the code of conduct, the metallic cool of keen judgment, elegant violence, and seemingly relaxed self-control in the face of danger, that marks Marlowe and his toughest adversaries.

The girls are introduced to new people and new ways of thinking, and most importantly, when Katy is wrongly accused of sending a note to one of the town's college boys (the book was published in 1873; its emphasis on the importance of "ladylike" behaviour is one of the few things that date it), to the need for self-control in the face of injustice.