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
The man whose business it is as Executive Officer to control the affairs of close on a thousand of his fellow men must of necessity sometimes learn curiously intimate details of their lives.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
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 Cooper, J. Fenimore
More than scholarship is needed to direct and control the affairs of men.
From A Broader Mission for Liberal Education Baccalaureate Address, Delivered in Agricultural College Chapel, Sunday June 9, 1901 by Worst, John H. (John Henry)
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 Ogg, Frederic Austin