Example sentences for: control--the

How can you use “control--the” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Even so, the fact remains that this unprecedentedly strong form of global arms control--the sort of thing peacenik hippies could only dream about a decade ago--now commands mainstream support: all Senate Democrats, around half of all Senate Republicans, Presidents Clinton, Carter, Ford, and Bush (and, for all we know, Reagan).

  • By contrast, in the next two years--the only two years this particular Congress and president control--the budget deficit will actually increase as a result of the deal.

  • If he had delivered the same speeches on television to millions of people sitting at home in groups of two or three--eating popcorn, getting up to go to the bathroom, and channel-surfing with their remote control--the effect would have been very small.


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