Sentence examples for nearly total control from inspiring English sources

Four Seasons participates in the design of the property and runs it, with nearly total control over every aspect of the operation, from the number of bell staff to the thread count of the sheets.

In a referendum held in July 1978 and with electoral results widely believed to have been fraudulent, Burnham sought to strengthen his party's nearly total control of the government.

It was not immediately clear whether the balloons successfully scattered the leaflets over the isolated North, where the government struggles to keep nearly total control on its impoverished populace and bristles at any intrusion of outside news or opinion.

Her team planned its schedule to take maximum advantage of a major-party nominee's great media prize: nearly total control of four nights of prime-time television on cable news, and at least 10 to 11 p.m. on the broadcast networks.

He has nearly total control of the government; the country remains a place where decisions flow from the top, and until the President makes aids an issue the apparatchiks who spend their lives trying to anticipate his desires are unlikely to do so, either.

In addition to the cash infusion, the bill would give a newly created seven-member oversight panel nearly total control over the city's finances for five years, including powers to negotiate union contracts, approve virtually all spending and issue bonds on behalf of the city to pay off its loans.

The notoriety attracted the notice of the Stationers' Company, the small fraternity of printers who had enjoyed near total control of the printing industry in Britain for nearly acentury.

Total control is totally exhausting.

Leading up to Athens, Bowman's control over his prodigy was nearly total.

Xbox Live is no exception, with Microsoft reaping nearly all of the financial benefits and exerting total control over the game network.

In August -- after nearly a dozen lawsuits and other legal actions -- Dr. Rau regained total control of his collection and his foundations.