Sentence examples for control of powerful from inspiring English sources

The army installed retired senior officers in the ruling party to fill Cabinet posts and granted itself constitutional powers, including control of powerful ministries and a quarter of seats in the 664-member two-chamber Parliament.

He predicted, for instance, the ways in which technology, in the control of powerful elites, can control our decision-making with social media, pornography, the commercialisation of sex, advertising and reality TV.

"What is needed is cradle-to-grave control of powerful radioactive sources to protect them against terrorism or theft," the director-general of the agency, Muhammad el-Baradei, said in the statement.

The basic setup of all three movies is that the agency tracks his movements with banks of computers and surveillance equipment under the control of powerful people barking intel gibberish at one another, while Bourne tries to evade them and also the various goons, some working for the C.I.A., some not, who are trying to kill him.

But with his followers standing to gain control of powerful government posts, his influence is likely to become apparent in many facets of Iraqi public life, from the halls of Parliament to the tomato farms and marshlands here in southeastern Iraq.

An external health locus of control refers to the belief that one's outcome after injury or surgery is under the control of powerful others or is determined by fate, luck, or chance.

The Basij are under the control of the powerful Revolutionary Guards force.

They said they also remained firmly in control of the powerful regional presidency, held by Massoud Barzani.

It is a natural fortress under the control of a powerful drug gang.

This is when the game really begins, as the player takes control of the powerful Novus army.

Mr. Chalabi had said that the Iraqi Governing Council should be given at least partial control of the powerful Finance and Security Ministries.