Sentence examples for sweeping control from inspiring English sources

She sought sweeping control over one of the nation's most dysfunctional school systems, where low student performance was widespread.

The move will help BMG, the music division of Bertelsmann, save overhead costs and give Mr. Davis sweeping control over two record units.

The move will help BMG, the music division of Bertelsmann, save overhead costs and give Mr. Davis sweeping control over two music labels.

And for cities in desperate trouble, sweeping control by an outside manager would make it possible to fix things faster — and avoid devastating prospects like bankruptcy.

If the changes are enacted, it would end an era in which Dr. Koppelman has exercised sweeping control over the board's direction and has operated it as an independent agency that did local governments' planning work but never took orders from elected officials or their appointees.

Weeks after Michigan voters repealed a law that gave emergency managers sweeping control over the state's most financially troubled cities, Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, signed a new law on Thursday determining how the state will handle cities headed into crisis.

Pfizer announced in May that it had put in place sweeping controls to make sure its distributors would not sell its drugs for use in executions.

In Washington, the State Department tonight sent a special representative to Paris to discuss with North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries sweeping controls President Kennedy plans to issue this week against ships trading with Cuba.

Congress has imposed sweeping controls on bankers' pay; banks that receive public capital must already provide regular reports on how much they lend and to whom; complaints from within Citi suggest that managers are distracted and bewildered by demands from politicians and regulators about day-to-day operations.

The group, which includes the heavy equipment maker Caterpillar and the lobbyist for the leading makers of home appliances, has stepped up its campaign ahead of a pending administration decision on whether to enact what could be the most sweeping controls on steel imports since the 1980's.

But he never shrank the size of the federal government, he produced record deficits, and he engaged in sweeping arms control with the Russian Evil Empire.