Sentence examples for impose control over from inspiring English sources

It is an attempt to impose control over life by molding the flesh.

In addition to the Houthi rebels, an al-Qaida branch in the south poses a constant threat as it tries to impose control over cities and towns.

In 2012, when Russia pulled out of a programme set up 20 years ago to help the former Soviet Union get rid of weapons of mass destruction, Richard Lugar, who as a senator had been one of the creators of the programme, suggested that the two countries could impose control over Syrian chemical weapons.

To impose control over the object is, in both spirit and practice, the opposite of this.

I think religion is a construct invented by humans to impose control over our animal selves, our 'savage' natures.

Apprentices, journeymen, and masters join together in solidarity to impose control over quantity and quality of production, and enforce rigid rules to exclude outsiders.

In the end spin became the monster trapped in its image, imposing control over the Labour party so the chinks in its armour were not exposed.

Utah allows its citizens to carry concealed weapons virtually anywhere, but the Secret Service imposes control over venues where the president and vice president travel, which means no weapons allowed.

On Thursday, France's president, François Hollande, told the British prime minister, Theresa May, that staying in the EU's single market could not happen if the UK imposed control over arrivals.

Resolving the conflict would mean giving back sizable chunks of land to Palestinians and an end to Israel's military imposed control over the territory.

Quite opposite, as weight reduction can increase a sense of control and self-esteem, bariatric surgery may increase autonomy, e.g. some feel that they gain control because treatment limits their choice and imposes control over their eating habits [ 58].