7 sentences with 'controls'
Example sentences and phrases with the word controls and other words derived from it.
• « This was especially true among the Huguenots in France, who aggressively proselytised and imposed harsh social and, if they could, legal controls on behaviour in their areas of influence, which included several towns in southern France, not just Switzerland. »
• « A government of property owners took control under a new "Directory" in 1795, which overturned price controls and ended the abortive attempt to de-Christianise the nation. »
• « The prevailing theory of Social Darwinism was that charity or "artificial" controls on the exploitation of workers such as trade unions would lead to the survival of the unfit, which in turn would cause the decline of the human species. »
• « Eventually, passport controls at the borders between EU member states were completely eliminated. »
• « While the end of passport controls at European borders worried some, there was no general immigration crisis to speak of. »
• « The crew faced a terrible prospect: would they have to push the captain out of the aircraft to clear the controls? Co-pilot Atchison shook his head: "Hold him as long as you can," he ordered. »
• « Today, Oliver North controls a formidable direct mail fundraising business for political campaigns, »