Sentence examples for exercise total control from inspiring English sources

And over which he can exercise total control.

He was without a doubt the greatest concert pianist of the century, yet he abruptly retired from stage appearances in 1964 at the tender age of 32, to concentrate on studio recordings over which he could exercise total control.

In an attempt to exercise total control over the message, the campaign lost all control in bits and pieces, so when things went wrong, as they did during Mr. Romney's European visit, they went very, very wrong.

"In general, he exercised total control over himself".

He exercised total control over his first big-screen movie, Thief (initially released in Britain as Violent Streets).

The government talks a lot about devolving power and authority to schools, but in the area of assessment – where this government will most leave its mark – it is exercising total control.

Mr Wolfram, a British-born prodigy who published his first scientific paper at 15, won a MacArthur genius grant at 21 and then made a fortune in the software business, exercised total control over the project.

The vast majority are personal diarists, not sociopolitical activists, but the spectacular growth of blogs and the difficulty of regulating them make the government, used to exercising total control of the media, twitchy.Bloggers who have found themselves in the dock include some who have exposed government corruption or made negative remarks about the former Soviet Union.

No-one doubted that he exercised total control, and was ruthless in dealing with anyone who stepped out of line and opposed him.

He exercised total control over every aspect of Jones' life.

ISIS desires to create a caliphate over which it exercises total control.