Sentence examples for given direct control of from inspiring English sources

He reiterated his contention that he should be given direct control of the schools, telling a joint Assembly-Senate committee, "Do away with the Board of Education".

As in the first Wright flyer, the pilot lay prone on the lower wing, but in the 1905 machine he was given direct control of the vertical rudder at the rear of the craft by means of a hand lever.

There, Tarkin explains that the Emperor has dissolved the Galactic Senate due to increasing support for the Rebel Alliance and given direct control to the regional governors of the star systems controlled by the Empire.

A view is now taking hold among many European leaders that the ever-worsening crisis may result in Brussels being given direct control over the budgets of countries that continue to run excessive deficits — a proposal made recently by the euro's most passionate advocate, Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank.

It gives direct control over areas of intermediate dielectric constant and implicit control over feature size, both key concerns for the design of nano-scale devices.

Given the direct control of translation by tRNA modifications, tRNA modifying enzymes may function as regulators of cancer progression.

Given the direct control of SIRT1 deacetylase activity, as well as the control of PARP-1 activity by NAD+, circadian regulation of NAD+ levels appears to be a critical regulatory mechanism controlling circadian rhythms, metabolism, and cell growth.

Weeks of deadly street protests in April forced Gyanendra to give up direct control of the government, reinstate Parliament and return political authority to elected officials.

Mayor Adrian Fenty of Washington embraced a Herculean challenge when he convinced lawmakers to give him direct control of the city's corrupt and dysfunctional school system.

The software has provoked much commentary in the technology press, and Google has been trumpeting it as a way to give people direct control of their own phones.

Thomas D. Thacher 2nd, head of Thacher Associates, a corporate investigations company, said that as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg tries to persuade Albany to give him direct control of city schools, "There is clearly a need to also reform the watchdog function".