Sentence examples for control powers from inspiring English sources

Berry, herself a private renter, would also argue for the mayor to have rent control powers.

"They control powers and purse strings and are reluctant to let go".

President Richard M. Nixon did not "bludgeon" Congress into giving him wage-price control powers ("The Nixon Recovery," by Charles R. Morris, Op-Ed, Feb. 7).

The Scottish Government is to introduce rent control powers to limit steep rises in the cost of housing, it has announced.

The Senate's gun lackeys tacked on a vindictive amendment to strip the district of basic gun control powers, inviting assault and sniper rifles designed for military battlefields into homes and businesses.

In the mock-trailer, the 81-year-old Spinney uses his mind control powers to trash his dressing room, telekinetically hurling a box of tissues across the room at a framed picture of the giant bird that dominates his mind.

Control power, control wealth.

I am not blocking legislation to control power plant pollution.

Furthermore, diesel engines do not rely on throttling the intake mixture to control power.

You are more able to control power and to remove the checks and balances which exist.

It will yield "great comprehensive benefits" for flood control, power generation and shipping, he said.