Sentence examples for he exercises control from inspiring English sources

The law, passed after President John F. Kennedy's appointment of his brother Robert to be attorney general, prohibits a "public official" (including the president) from appointing a "relative" (including a father) to a "civilian position" over which he exercises control.

Under it, any political or military leader would be guilty of the crime of aggression if he exercises control or direction over any use of armed force that represents a manifest violation of the United Nations Charter.

Every time a fund manager decides to sell a stock, he exercises control over the amount of tax you pay.

He exercised control over Essex, London, Surrey, and the West Saxon lands, or Wessex, north of the Thames.

He exercised control over the local caudillos ("bosses") and the Roman Catholic church, embarked on a program of public works, and organized an efficient administration.

He once pointed out that he could exercise control over only two-tenths of one percent of the city's nearly $30 billion budget.

They avoid responsibility; they exercise control over everything they touch.

"We take it that Musharraf has been spoken to and that he will exercise control," a senior Indian official said.

As prime minister he could exercise control over practically all TV outlets, for instance, since the state-owned broadcaster is the only serious competition he now faces.

While continuing, effectively if not nominally, to superintend the former agency, he now exercised control over the Federal Housing Administration, the Export-Import Bank, and the Home Owners Loan Corporationn.

about the power of films that is so rarely realized". The film, and Day-Lewis' performance as Brown, who taught himself to write and paint with his left foot, the only limb over which he could exercise control, won accolades from the disabled community for its authenticity and range.