total control

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandcontrol

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/
us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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control
noun
uk
/kənˈtrəʊl/
us
/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition oftotalandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal control

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Another element undermining thetotalcontrolexercised by central government was the question of corruption.
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Even so, simply to limit certain types of prenatal testing is unlikely to achievetotalcontrol.
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Experimenters on emotions relinquished the ideal oftotalcontrolfor the sake of producing strong emotions.
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What elicited more debate was that the city also exercisedtotalcontrolover urban design.
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Here was a system of thought implying almosttotalcontrolby the self over reaching old age or not.
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Here we havetotalcontrol.
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The electoral processes of these regimes should be clearly set aside from other processes where governments interfered but without exercising suchtotalcontrol.
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While local officials were not able to control regional practices entirely, local residents were not intotalcontrolof them either.
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Therefore, the bank hadtotalcontrol.
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There istotalcontrolof dividends.
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It is not a matter oftotalcontrol.
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Does he understand what we mean bytotalcontrol?
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The latter minority hastotalcontrolof the country.
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The agency will havetotalcontrolof the budget.
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Catching suppliers of drugs is not easy, even in a prison that is undertotalcontrol.
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On imports, this is a matter about which there is nototalcontrolat present.
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Forces are supplied through the provincial government, over which central government does not havetotalcontrol.
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That is then put forward as the excuse fortotalcontrolof the bicycle sector.
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Now, apparently, he has imposedtotalcontrolover all movements whatever, and officially.
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They protect their stability and survival by means oftotalcontrolover the flow of information.
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To releasetotalcontrolof the printing seems an extremely rash act.
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Each port must be entitled to be intotalcontrolof its own destiny.
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It also looks liketotalcontrolof education from the centre.
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We are not asking for thattotalcontrolover all negotiations.
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