Example sentences of "lose control [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a clause is not attractive to the seller , because he loses control of the conduct of the claim of infringement , and it is often a difficult clause to persuade the buyer to accept unless there is a problem which is so well-known in a particular industry that many sellers tend to include a reservation relating to it . |
| 2 | As soon as a practitioner loses control of the conduct of his business on a day-to-day basis , troubles begin , and the end of a practising career is in sight . |
| 3 | And if everybody starts getting very large discounts and the vendor loses control of the market , not only do the buyers lose all their advantage , but the vendor loses its corporate shirt . |
| 4 | Trollope nearly loses control on the subject of The Plumber , a man ‘ doubtless aware that he is odious … to be put down with the tax-gatherer as being as certain as fate and as inexorable . ’ |
| 5 | The Company felt very pleased when in 1717 it received an imperial decree giving it a good deal of the territorial autonomy for which its ambitious employees had hoped in the 1680s and , in return for an annual payment of 13,000 rupees , freed it from paying customs duties inside India , but there is no sign that the Company realized that developments of this sort showed the Moghul Empire was beginning to lose control of the country . |
| 6 | However , ideal situations are hard to come by , and the next best thing is to be able to perceive a horse 's changing emotions — especially if they indicate that we are likely to lose control of the horse in the near future ! |
| 7 | Marx argued that the division of labour in capitalist society causes the worker to lose control over the conditions and fruits of his labour , with the result that he becomes estranged both from himself and from his fellow men . |
| 8 | if the interpreter is also acting as culture broker , guide , philosopher and friend several things can happen ; the level of interpreting accuracy diminishes as the interpreter addresses these additional roles , both the non-English and English speaking clients lose control over the content of what is said , and , if the interpreter takes it upon themselves to decide what is to be interpreted , the standard of service usually diminishes . |
| 9 | But secured creditors may not be too happy to see GE 's money spent on unsecured creditors while they lose control of the firm 's smart new jets . |
| 10 | John Wilkinson , a passenger in a car travelling in the opposite direction , said he saw Mr Still lose control of the vehicle and swerve before mounting the verge and hitting the tree . |
| 11 | Clark was visibly unhappy in his Lotus-Cosworth and , despite being the race favourite , was struggling in eighth place on the sixth lap when , coming out of a gentle right-hand curve , he lose control of the car . |
| 12 | It is always interesting to note that the moment one reminds Labour Members of their party 's commitment to high taxation , they lose control of the argument completely and deliver tirades along the lines of that to which the hon. Gentleman has just subjected the House . |
| 13 | Butterfield then lost control of the roadsweeper , veered to the nearside and crashed into the van . |
| 14 | Whitlock lost control of the motorcycle and fell heavily onto the road . |
| 15 | There was also a major upset in Ballymena , where the DUP lost control of the council to the Ulster Unionists for the first time in 15 years . |
| 16 | Since the Conservatives lost control of the council the politicians have been very poor stewards of our affairs and I do n't think they 'll be missed at all . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he lost control of the truck within seconds and crashed it into a tree . |
| 18 | Running a modern Western-style campaign promising " work " under the name " List 1 " ( Lista 1 ) , the Colorados responded to the serious reverse which the party suffered in the May municipal elections when it lost control of the capital , Asunción , to the populist Asunción For All coalition ( Apto ) [ see pp. 38189 ; 38285-86 ] . |
| 19 | Following the Land elections on May 13 , 1990 , in which the CDU lost control of the state for the first time since the mid-1970s [ see p. 37467 ] , the SPD and the Greens reached agreement on the formation of a " red-green " coalition . |
| 20 | As he did so he lost control of the vehicle which rolled over smashed into a lamp-post . |
| 21 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 22 | A man and his woman pillion passenger died instantly when they lost control of the machine and hit a wall . |
| 23 | If she lost control of the boat they would both be drowned . |
| 24 | His empire was badly shaken by the October 1987 worldwide stock market crash [ see pp. 37540-41 , and he eventually lost control of the Bell Group to fellow Australian entrepreneur Alan Bond . |
| 25 | The crew lost control of the ballast system after seawater splashing through broken portlights washed over the ballast console and caused it to malfunction . |
| 26 | The most spectacular case where the government lost control of the timetable was in the spring of 1969 over the Parliament ( No. 2 ) — House of Lords Reform — Bill . |
| 27 | And in 1942 the first major bombings of German cities were carried out by allied air flotillas , and as the Luftwaffe lost control of the skies many Germans began to experience with dread the sort of terror-bombing which their own airforce had inflicted on numerous European cities since 1939 and which the allies were now returning with immeasurably greater force and concentration . |
| 28 | On Jan. 24 , Hamas lost control of the Gaza Strip Engineers ' Association , when PLO-supported candidates won five of the nine seats . |
| 29 | A few days later while driving him home , she asked him why he 'd hit her and , she alleged , ‘ He went crazy again , punching me so I nearly lost control of the car . ’ |
| 30 | Where the control failed — largely , he argued , because the autocrats lost control of the bureaucrats who carried out the day-to-day organization — the cultures collapsed . |