Example sentences of "[vb past] control " in BNC.
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| 1 | I teetered , caught control again , and made it down that last forward rush , sliding and bouncing through the lunatic water . |
| 2 | Whilst one may argue that it would be wrong to attribute ego-functions to animals in which the id/ego differentiation was difficult to justify because their behaviour was largely under instinctual , preprogrammed control , it is nevertheless true that some mammals — and in particular some higher primates — do seem to show a plasticity of behaviour and an elaboration of activity which clearly point to the beginnings , however primitive , of ego-functions proper . |
| 3 | In four states Democratic incumbents were re-elected , while in Delaware , Missouri , and North Carolina the party wrested control of the governorships from the Republicans . |
| 4 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 5 | In simultaneous legislative elections the Democrats maintained control of both chambers of Congress . |
| 6 | However , in 1972 Egypt retook control of all Soviet military facilities in the country and in 1975–6 the Soviet naval facilities were first curtailed , then closed down . |
| 7 | In November of 1968 , he responded to the demands of Derry Catholics by proposing that the Londonderry City Corporation ( which since partition had been gerrymandered so that the Protestant minority retained control ) be replaced by a nominated body , that housing allocation be removed from political control to be administered on a fair ‘ points for needs ’ system , and that the Special Powers Act be re-examined . |
| 8 | Surely those who retained control over it would do better ? |
| 9 | Fleetwood 's powers thus lapsed , and Blackpool retained control over the line , bringing with it responsibility for the track and the roadway up to 18″ on either side . |
| 10 | The ties of dependence that originated during the period of slavery became even more extensive in the period of the formal colonization of Africa , and after dependence too , creating economies substantially dependent on a limited range of cash crops and raw materials required by the metropolitan economies which retained control over major sectors of production , pricing and the flow of profits ( Brett , 1973 ; Leys , 1975 ; Howard , 1978 ; Rodney , 1972 ; Davidson , 1974 ) . |
| 11 | As it turned out , the plan of Bailie Hooks was too optimistic and Lord Galloway retained control of the council of his town , but the incident affords a clear illustration of the close links between parliamentary and municipal politics and the holding of official appointments in the period , and indeed the officers in question were placed in their situations through the political influence of the Galloway family . |
| 12 | In the years following the Second World War the European colonial powers retained control over a large number of military and naval bases among their colonies . |
| 13 | In simultaneous legislative elections the Democrats retained control over Congress , winning 262 seats in the House of Representatives and controlling 55 seats in the Senate . |
| 14 | In the May 1990 congressional elections the ruling PRSC retained control of the Senate , winning 16 seats , compared with 12 for the Dominican Liberation Party ( Partido de la Liberación Dominicana — PLD ) and two for the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( Partido Revolucionario Dominicano — PRD ) . |
| 15 | Control of the councils remained unchanged , with the ruling PNP gaining about 60 per cent of the total vote and winning 12 councils ; the opposition JLP retained control of St Thomas . |
| 16 | The Republicans retained control of the nine-member territorial Senate , but in the 15-member House of Representatives , the Democrats remained in the majority . |
| 17 | However , by dint of intensive lobbying , Sir Robert , 81 , retained control of the assembly by persuading four members sympathetic to the NPAP , already weakened by differences between Vivian and Lakitani , to switch allegiance . |
| 18 | Although the overall representation of the Sabah family was reduced from seven to five , its members retained control of the important Defence , Foreign Affairs and Interior portfolios . |
| 19 | Notably , this legalized republican police forces , but the central government retained control over the Interior Ministry troops used to put down serious unrest , and over the OMON ( " Special Purpose Militia Detachments " , also known as the " Black Berets " ) , the urban riot police which had been set up in 1987 and had gained international notoriety as a result of January 's armed clampdown in the Baltic republics [ see p. 37944-45 and above ] . |
| 20 | In simultaneous legislative elections the Democrats retained control over Congress [ see pp. 36337-42 ] . |
| 21 | Provincial elections on Aug. 8 in three provinces gave unexpected encouragement to the ruling Peronist party ( Partido Justicialista — PJ ) , which retained control of San Luis and captured San Juan province for the first time for 18 years ; the opposition Radical Party ( UCR ) retained control of Río Negro . |
| 22 | Provincial elections on Aug. 8 in three provinces gave unexpected encouragement to the ruling Peronist party ( Partido Justicialista — PJ ) , which retained control of San Luis and captured San Juan province for the first time for 18 years ; the opposition Radical Party ( UCR ) retained control of Río Negro . |
| 23 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 24 | Subsequent reports claimed that Li 's offer had effectively endorsed the status quo under which China retained control over the Aksai-Chin region in northern Kashmir , with India preserving sovereignty over the disputed state of Arunachal Pradesh . |
| 25 | During the rebel attack , Russian troops in Dushanbe officially remained neutral , but retained control of the airport and main railway stations . |
| 26 | A company sold off all the scrap metal on the site on its disused factory but retained control of the site . |
| 27 | However , he always retained control over the issues that he regarded as most important ( which is not to say that they were necessarily the most important in an objective sense ) . |
| 28 | While the Americans retained control of the warheads , the British in this instance enjoyed a definite power of veto over their use . |
| 29 | It was a bad night for Labour , they lost twenty one seats and failed to win any … but they retained control of Oxford . |
| 30 | Militarisation worked for the Nazis as it had for the Prussians in that it helped control large numbers of people , allowed a cheap and easy growth of populist emotion and nationalist identity and became the mainspring of industry by providing demand . |