Sentence examples for no direct control from inspiring English sources

Like desire satisfaction (i.e., fulfillment) views of pleasure, this makes desire prior to pleasure, with pleasure merely registering the output of a desire-controlled reward system over which it has no direct control.

There's no direct control over an avatar.

"I've got no direct control over how people use it," Mr. Clarke said yesterday from London.

Yes, of course, presidents have no direct control over gas prices.

It maintains that it has no direct control over groups like Gama'a, but many Egyptians and Westerners aren't convinced.

In fact, the mayor of New York City has no direct control over whether New York has a death penalty.

The Governor has no direct control over the schools, whose curriculum is under the State Board of Regents.

The mayor must then funnel billions of dollars into the school system while having no direct control over how the money is spent.

The spokesman also said the News Corporation had no direct control over EchoStar and no direct financial investment in "adult" films.

Many directed their anger over rising fares at the authority or Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has no direct control over fares.

You have no direct control over your units, which range from bobbing foot-solders to Tolkien-esque trolls, so the strategy derives from choice, timing, and placement.