Sentence examples for instrument of control from inspiring English sources

Not surprisingly, Debord regarded urbanism as an instrument of control.

Paper was important not to facilitate creative collaboration and thought but as an instrument of control.

Whether the instrument of control is permission or punishment is less relevant than the raw willingness to exercise control.

He often saw Paris from a high balcony, though the most effective instrument of control in his urban compositions was his use of unswerving perspective.

These were supposed to be the main tap for weapons, and an instrument of control over the men on the ground; they never were.

The state of permanent instability, in turn, was the ultimate instrument of control, which sapped the energies and attention of all.

Maps are, of course, instruments of control.

But the government still wields important instruments of control.

The next step, experts say, is for computers to become intelligent instruments of control, linking them to data-generating sensors throughout the planet's infrastructure.

Their central government is weak, meaning it lacks the instruments of control enjoyed by other Arab states.

Several of Mr Mugabe's main instruments of control, especially in the countryside patronage, food and force have started to dwindle.