Sentence examples for had been under control from inspiring English sources

The phrase "had been under control" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that was managed or regulated in the past.
Example: "Before the new policies were implemented, the situation had been under control for several years."
Alternatives: "had been managed" or "had been regulated."

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His asthma – which had been under control earlier – got much worse.

Malnutrition and poverty have brought back diseases, like sleeping sickness, that had been under control.

It looked as if everything had been under control, right from the beginning.

Their disease had been under control, but they now face blindness because they can no longer pay for their medicines.

Intervention: The study was started once hypertension and glycemia had been under control for at least 3 months.

"I had been under control, but as soon as I clicked out and put my foot on the ground, I completely lost it.

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The city is not facing bankruptcy, the debt structure is leveled out, the accounting is transparent and up to now the budget has been under control.

Tony Blair: I didn't say that, I said street crime would have been under control in London by the end of September.

"We've had meetings over the noise levels and volume controls from the Hyde Park concerts and they have been under control recently.

Waygal district, mountainous and lightly populated with about 50,000 residents, is normally reached by traversing the Pech Valley, and has been under control of only the Afghan National Police.

In this case, widespread global contamination by Pb has been under control and current snow records seem comparable to conditions prevailing two centuries ago [4].

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