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‘A control can be strict.’

[⟨det control.n⟩ strict.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Through the agreement, with an initial duration of five years, Saint – Gobain expects to ensure predictability of IT costs, with focus on cost reduction and strict control, as well as support the fast growth of its business in Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
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In Wikipedia:

The interest of the ICC was drawn to its strict control of the railroad express business.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Our society must legalize prostitution but place it under strict medical control.
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In Wikipedia:

Therefore, New York Police Department (NYPD) must have strict control over the crowd so as to prevent crushes and stampedes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In fact, we are happy that there is strict control – but hell what a mission and it slows down the entire check in process.
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In the British National Corpus:

With strict control over the internal movement of people inside Japan, and a strictly enforced system of social hierarchy, it is not difficult to see how the identity of groups at a local level might be maintained.
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In Wikipedia:

She believes there is no problem that cannot be solved using a flow chart, and deludes herself that her emotions are under strict control.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The US government is planning to put under strict federal control troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, fire their top executives and use federal funds to bail them out, US media reported on their websites.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

AN: unbetaed. last post before I disappear. 1) The title is unrelated to the fic. fic was a request on a day when I’ snapped ’. 2) no this is not’ kinky ’. there is nothing wrong with a little bondage between consenting lovers John kept his grin until strict control as the diminutive matriarch lead him through the opulently appointed chamber’s door.
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In Wikipedia:

Until 1989 the Church lived under the strict control of the totalitarian regime and in 1993 the Synod adopted a new constitution.
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In Wikipedia:

This use led to the term’Millbank’ becoming an allusion to strict political control and a concentration on spin.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

US officials plan to put troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under strict federal control, reports say.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Islamic Republic has subjected all aspects of Persian society to strict control, not tolerating even the slightest expression of local initiative, let alone political unorthodoxy.
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In Wikipedia:

According to the sisters’ autobiography, Mary Hilton, her husband and daughter kept the twins in strict control with physical abuse; they had to call her “Auntie Lou” and her current husband “Sir”.
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In Wikipedia:

Although in theory the Indexes imposed enormous restrictions on the diffusion of culture in Spain, some historians, such as Henry Kamen, argue that such strict control was impossible in practice and that there was much more liberty in this respect than is often believed.
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In the British National Corpus:

Observers noted that the government appeared to have adopted a dual “soft-hard” approach, attempting to maintain strict control over the country, including the political system, the media and the economy, while giving some ground to calls for change.
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In Simple Wikipedia:

Instead, he insisted that “the liberal, anti-God media needs to be brought under the strict control of the FCC, and that as soon as possible.”
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In the British National Corpus:

He called for strict control over loans and debt defaults in the next six months.
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In Wikipedia:

Until reforms in the 1990s, the government had strict control of the media and oversaw all publishing, in which no independent media was allowed.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.