The phrase "controlling the course" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to having power or influence over the direction or progression of something. Example: The CEO is responsible for controlling the course of the company and ensuring its success.
Studies on recently designed insect-inspired aerial robots based on optic flow sensing mechanisms showed that the optic flow perceived at 45° from the heading direction is a particularly relevant and reliable parameter for controlling the course of a micro aircraft [35].
Compared with previously reported data, we were not only adding more high-quality, small heterogeneous literatures, but also strictly controlling the course of disease and the medications of control group.
The base in the new schema of non-invasive and invasive caries treatments lies on treating dental caries or controlling the course of the disease by choosing the right method of treatment at the right time.
Tsumura et al. reported that the initial treatment consisting of surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy with amphotericin B, itraconazole and flucytosine did not control the infection but after administering recombinant IFN-γ it was found to be effective in controlling the course of severe invasive Aspergillosis [ 15].
Homeowners can't control the course of storms, so they buy insurance.
Rather, she said she believed that they indirectly helped control the course of the illness.
In 1896 he used a gyroscope to control the course of a torpedo.
"We also know that some of the genes that control the course of Alzheimer's are the same as those that direct inflammatory responses in the body.
Maisie admirably wishes to control the course of her life; to use an appropriate metaphor, she wants to be the author of her life's narrative.
He needs to remind himself that the opinions of Americans control the course of our history, not the barrel of a gun.
In accordance with his notion of "making haste slowly," he managed to control the course of reform in Wittenberg, where his influence continued to be strong.
