Sentence examples for there were controls from inspiring English sources

Margaret Hodge, the chair of the Commons public accounts committee, said the report exposed the "misuse" of public money, adding that the business department "went ahead with its reforms to expand the role of private colleges without ensuring there were controls in place".

Unemployment was rising, and there were controls on prices, wages, dividends and currency.

When there were controls, it was difficult to blind the researchers — that is, hide from them which volunteers had taken the actual drug.

There were controls on the player itself, but the entire thing could be managed by the little in-line remote, which had a 2-line display, multi-purpose rocker switch, modifier and playback buttons.

"There were controls in place and people standing by with hoses, of course, but there's always a chance of something going wrong".

So there was things that were in place, there were controls put in place, whereas now we have no controls.

"At the highest levels there are controls in place," Mr. Tisch said.

On the side of the band there are controls for for changing volume and tracks.

In the editing room there is control of the final image.

"It's time to legislate so that there are controls that work".

Most of the time, we don't even realise that there are controls.