position of control
Example Sentences
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"It is your pickings, it is your time, the position of control and power is in your court slightly," Mr Arora said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2021
“Mr. Spears cannot be permitted to hold a position of control over his daughter for another day,” the document says.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Yet from what seemed a position of control, City uncharacteristically switched off in the latter stages of the first half, allowing Bournemouth back into the game.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2018
Prosecutors say Bishop’s cellphone records paint a different narrative, one that depicts his wife and son as eager accomplices and puts Bishop in a position of control over the illicit work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
The position of control and command so firmly held by Mr. Lincoln was strikingly shown when the Peace Conference was about to assemble at Fortress Monroe.
From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie
