Sentence examples for maintained some control from inspiring English sources

General Blount said that he was surprised by the intensity of the Iraqi resistance and that it appeared, for now at least, that Mr. Hussein's government still maintained some control over its military.

This caused the aircraft's nose to drop and although the pilot Justin Adams, 45, "maintained some control of the aircraft" he could not prevent it crashing at Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield on the morning of May 6, the report said.

The European authorities, understandably enough, want to maintain some control of the process.

As political scientist Ron Becker has said, "The essential purpose of superdelegates is to maintain some control of the nominating process".

Google maintains some control over Android, even though the software is open source, meaning other companies can alter it to suit their needs.

Turkey has sought to maintain some control over European Union operations in its region, especially since Greece, its rival, is a member.

Dissenters in the 4-to-3 decision said the court should maintain some control over the 450,000-student system to ensure the success of improvements.

"You have a desperate effort by senior civil servants to maintain some control, but they no longer have the power," said Robert Boyer, a senior French economist.

But Congress, which is able to maintain some control over the independent and executive branch agencies through the power of the purse, has never taken that view seriously.

The "star" of "The Bicycle Thief," a steelworker named Lamberto Maggiorani, is hesitant and inarticulate in ways that capture, with a gravity few professionals could approximate, the character's struggle to maintain some control over his circumstances.

(One of these advises: "Self-medicate whenever possible. Whatever drug is helping you to cope is one that will kill you but at least you're maintaining some control over how and when you go").