Sentence examples for officials control over from inspiring English sources

Though Rome's complex plumbing system gave officials control over the distribution of water around the city, it was not unknown for locals to punch holes in the pipes to draw water off, increasing the number of people exposed to the lead.

He retains official control over the party machine and its patronage.

Bokova has no official control over resolutions, which are sponsored and voted on by member states.

The government in Belarus has approved a law tightening official control over the internet.

Perhaps the most illustrative personal testimonies in conveying the all-pervasive reach of the state come in the section on propaganda and official control over personal lives and thoughts.

Compelling that speech is unconstitutional, as are other forms of compulsion by government, like requiring schoolchildren to salute the flag as a condition of going to public school, which the Supreme Court rejected in a landmark case as "official control" over personal beliefs.

The parks exist for the most part only as legal entities, however, as there has been little official control over any of them during the decades of social and political turmoil since their founding, and they have been left open to plant invasion and the establishment of subsistence agriculture within their bounds.

The Afghan Taliban announced last month it would open a political office in Qatar, suggesting the group may be willing to engage in negotiations that could likely give it government positions or official control over much of its historical southern heartland.

In the interim, the Saudis have tried their hand at funding the humanitarian response in Yemen, but even that turned into an awkward drawn out spectacle after Saudi officials exerted control over funds they promised the UN, angering officials.

His father was a village irrigation official, with control over the water for rice growers.

Allied officials still retain control over dropping bombs in these operations, and Afghan officials say they were not involved in the decision to carry out the fatal airstrike last week.