"control" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They have a shrinking but substantial string of local governments, not just in the suburban Paris "Red Belt," which control patronage.
- Black elected officials, their divisions, and battles with white governors who controlled patronage and their ultimate failure.
- The shogun controlled foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage.
- In the 19th century, a few favored aristocrats competed to control patronage in the new state.
- Friends encouraged him to run for county judge, a powerful position which controlled county funds and patronage, and he announced his candidacy on August 22, 1908.
- Yet they often appear to be working at cross-purposes and have yet to coalesce around a political idea other than controlling patronage and dispensing favors.
- He was deprived of much of his power to control patronage and with it the ability to dominate the state party conventions.
- "He controls the money, patronage and jobs," said one state official who asked not to be identified.
- He runs a smuggling network that controls patronage for thousands.
- Like mayors of cities, county executives control considerable patronage and have access to contributions.
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