Sentence examples for diminished control from inspiring English sources

On a more profound level, the US must accept that it now has diminished control over events in the region.

Some limitations of adapting secondhand material show through in the uneven visual quality and diminished control over mood.

The Chinese government could decide to create that depth, which would require accepting an open capital account, diminished control over the domestic allocation of credit, and a flexible exchange rate.

Hamels has always fared well at Dodger Stadium — "I love pitching in California," said Hamels, a San Diego native — but he is a different pitcher now from the one he was then, encumbered by an uneven season, heightened expectations and, especially recently, diminished control.

This gives rise to the paradox of using citizen diplomacy in a global information age — decentralization and diminished control may be central to the creation of soft power, but in an age where every phone is a camera and every computer is a photo shop, the obscure pastor of a small Florida church can also wreak havoc and destroy soft power by threatening to burn a Koran.

You have to deliberately step back and accept that with greater influence comes diminished control.

Further, we hypothesized that behavioral and affective factors would show strong associations with SUD even when other domains are taken into account, but that associations between many other factors and SUD would be diminished controlling for behavioral and affective factors.

These innovations would create for users more options and control over what is shared while not diminishing control over what is received.

Sheik Adhami's diminishing control of his home turf became apparent minutes later when a carload of neighborhood militiamen circled the mosque.

Isolated for more than two years in his presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Arafat has exercised diminishing control over his party and his supporters in Gaza.

Mr. Arafat's diminishing control over the Palestinians in the streets and a reluctance to compromise on the status of Jerusalem has driven Mr. Clinton to fits of anger, one official said, adding that on the telephone Mr. Arafat "basically said he's happy to get together and talk sometime, but he doesn't want to take strong measures now".