control the affairs of

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If you decide to give temporary guardianship of your child over to another person, you are allowing another party to protect and control the affairs of your child.

From Encyclopedia.com • Jun. 12, 2018

A committee is appointed to control the affairs of the union, and officials to carry out its wishes.

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)

Man may discriminate, but nature and the laws that control the affairs of men will not and cannot.

From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by Grayson, David

These boards still exist, and control the affairs of the institutions, having full powers but subject to such regulation as the state may direct.

From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry

Without political organizations it would be almost impossible to govern the policy and character of the country and control the affairs of the nation.

From Citizenship A Manual for Voters by Cromwell, Emma Guy