Sentence examples for exerted tight control from inspiring English sources

As Oberbürgermeister, Rommel exerted tight control over the city's finances, reducing its debt and enabling a radical makeover of the local infrastructure, especially roads and public transport.

Both were paradoxes: the taciturn Howdy Myers produced flamboyant football and lacrosse offenses, while the boisterous Butch van Breda Kolff exerted tight control over his basketball offense.

She also said the board has exerted tighter control of the budget.

Aged mutants were leaner and exerted tighter control over glycemia, as indicated by low plasma leptin and insulin.

For one, the company exerts tight control, even for stagings in a faraway place like Iceland.

The college appeared to exert tight control over who was handed a microphone.

In particular, they say, it is unfair for Mr. Jobs to exert tight control over prices and other terms while profiting from the iPod.

Critics worry that the crackdown on journalists shows that the Islamists intend to exert tight control over every aspect of life.

Uber, for example, classifies its drivers as self-employed, but there have been complaints from workers that the company exerts tight control over them, dictating working patterns and cutting the rates they can charge.

Unlike the House, where Republican leaders exert tight control over the legislative schedule, the Senate gives the minority party more opportunity to offer amendments to legislation, an institutional edge that Professor Smith said Democrats used adroitly in raising the overtime issue.

Protein kinases phosphorylating Ser/Thr/Tyr residues in several cellular proteins exert tight control over their biological functions.