Sentence examples for in a position of control from inspiring English sources

But when we decide to buy new cars, we briefly find ourselves in a position of control.

XXXXXXXXXXXX told us that Putin does not want to return to the Kremlin, but needed to be in a position of control.

There's been a big shift in recent years – consumers today have access to a lot of information and are more in a position of control, calling the shots, if you like.

The popular president has held office since 2000, but has effectively been in a position of control since his rebel forces took over the capital, Kigali, in 1994, ousting Hutu extremists and ending the brutal genocide.

While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control.

In his statement, King said that he intended to continue his involvement with the Glasgow club in conjunction with Paul Murray and had approached the Scottish Football Association to approve him as a "fit and proper person" to be in a position of control at Ibrox.

Secondly, it was both reassuring and worrisome to hear family caregivers assuming the role of initiators of the decision making process while at the same time acknowledging that they were in a position of controlling what information to share with the client.

Serving as the joint venture lead does contribute to a degree of commercial success as the small business is in more of a position of control regarding the outcome of the R&D project.

Anyone spending or giving money is naturally in a position of some control, whether they like it or not.

Most definitions use variations of something called Option 1, which states that any person in a position of "exercising control or capable of directing, planning, preparing, ordering, initiating, or carrying out an armed attack" against another state, when this attack is in contravention of the U.N. Charter, will be subject to investigation, trial, conviction and punishment by the ICC.

If I stoutly refuse to engage, is not my perpetrator in a position of complete control?