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
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 Harry Best
It is hard enough for those who control the affairs of men, always to obey God and their own consciences, without seeking occasions to violate their faith.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
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 David Grayson
It was only when there arose the question as to how far this headship justified the Pope in attempting to control the affairs of the world that serious disagreement manifested itself.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Frederic Austin Ogg
