Sentence examples for he was a controlling from inspiring English sources

The C.F.T.C. is also trying to hold Mr. Corzine responsible for MF Global's misconduct, which the firm admitted in a settlement, by showing that he was a "controlling person".

"Romney and Bain claim that he was not involved with Bain, but Bain and its portfolio companies in their required filings under the Securities Exchange Act continuously certified to the Securities and Exchange Commission say precisely the opposite — asserting without qualification that he was a controlling person, fully in charge of Bain, under the Federal securities law.

He responded to accusations that he was a controlling husband who had done too little to support his wife, saying he and his mother had taken responsibility for the children and other concerns during Mrs. Yates's bout with psychosis.

Here Özil was positioned mainly on the left, from where he was a controlled, decisive influence in those opening minutes.

"He's a controlling person," she observes, "but he gave me the script, and for him the thrill was letting it be mine".

"I think he's a controlling man with a big ego who values his position on the world stage," Ms. Pearcy said.

Not because he was a control freak, but because he had a passion for perfection".

Psychologists have speculated that he was a control freak who liked using the power of death.

Showalter said he disliked the theory that he was best suited to building a young team and hated the notion that he was a control freak.

Some say he was a control freak and a bully, while others praise his skill as a talent spotter who was willing to give good people their head.

Founding father Thomas Jefferson, for example, was America's most articulate advocate of freedom, Kendall argues, "but with his daughters he was a control freak".