controlling influence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontrolandinfluence
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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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influence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.flu.əns/us/ˈɪn.flu.əns/
the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to ...
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(Definition ofcontrolandinfluencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This lends support to acontrollinginfluencefor lithospheric rifting zones on continental flood basalt generation and emplacement.
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In what way does the grid act as a generator andcontrollinginfluenceon city form?
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Several regions are found within which vortex-jump phenomena occur and it is concluded that such features exert acontrollinginfluenceover the dynamics of the observed flow field.
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The carabid larvae which are relatively immobile showed disassociation from the aphids suggesting acontrollinginfluenceon cereal aphids.
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Fertility plays but a secondary part in determining the outbreaks, and its magnitude indicates rather the degree of thecontrollinginfluenceof the environment on the increase of population.
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He referred in his speech to those of position and wealth who would still be able to exercise acontrollinginfluenceat elections.
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It exerts acontrollinginfluenceon the price of the other commodities.
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Some sense must be introduced into the legislation to provide acontrollinginfluenceon those who unjustifiably keep such records.
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The register, therefore, is not only a privilege; it is acontrollinginfluence.
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I believe thecontrollinginfluencein that respect will be the personnel.
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As he will know, logic is not always thecontrollinginfluencein politics.
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He has not necessarily the wholecontrollinginfluenceover any of those matters.
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By and large, they have been replaced by public limited companies with thousands of shareholders who do not have a direct andcontrollinginfluenceover their distribution policy.
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He has been a civil servant, and naturally he has not been the dominating orcontrollinginfluence.
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I think it is true to say that, in practice, four big armament firms represent thecontrollinginfluencein the armament ring.
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It is surely sufficient to require an authority not to have acontrollinginfluencein a company, either through the majority of its officers or its shareholders.
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He seeks what he regards as a better system, in which his party would have acontrollinginfluencewith a very small proportion of the vote.
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But at all times there must be thecontrollinginfluenceof the public sector in ensuring that the site is properly run.
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It is not intended that the ratepayers in that case may have thecontrollinginfluence, and it is only intended that his representation should be increased.
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The principle of popular control is the right to acontrollinginfluenceover public decisions and decision-makers.
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