Sentence examples for hefty control over from inspiring English sources

Save for those rare instances when one party has hefty control over four branches - the House of Representatives, the Senate, the White House and the Supreme Court - gridlock threatens.

After the open audition, targeted at Minneapolis's sizeable Somali community, Abdi's quietly authoritative presence won him the role of Muse, the pirate ringleader who wrangles with Tom Hanks's Phillips for control over the hefty American cargo ship.

The city's powerful teachers' union, which has criticized many of Mr. Bloomberg's changes but whose members have been the recipients of hefty pay raises, eventually provided key support in his bid to renew control over the schools.

"My only concern was that that there was a million dollars--a hefty amount of money--in the hands of a few who had total control over it," he said.

The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton by Kathryn Hughes 544pp, Fourth Estate, £20 We all know about Mrs Beeton - a dragon in black bombazine, presiding with iron control over her bustling underlings in the steamy cavern of a Victorian kitchen, conjuring up hefty haunches of roast beef and a parade of solid steamed puddings.

We all know about Mrs Beeton - a dragon in black bombazine, presiding with iron control over her bustling underlings in the steamy cavern of a Victorian kitchen, conjuring up hefty haunches of roast beef and a parade of solid steamed puddings.

I have control over it.

"No more control over them.

They want control over that.

But control over what?

No control over placement.