Controls
[kən'trol]
Examples
- By turning the wheel any type can be brought to the front, and a stationary guide controls its descent as it makes the impression. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The artist does that: he controls his medium so that we come most readily to the heart of his intention. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The wheel W controls the supply of current to the press-magnet, and the wheel W' to the type-magnet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There are controls where they ask for your papers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Knowledge, already attained knowledge, controls thinking and makes it fruitful. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When you see how business controls politics, it certainly is not very illuminating to call the successful business men of a nation criminals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were like students flying a machine with dual controls which the pilot could take over whenever they made a mistake. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But is has filtered through into elementary education and largely controls its processes and aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But the judge controls mind by mind; and therefore his mind should not be corrupted by crime. Plato. The Republic.
- From what I have seen of him, I wonder how Lister will be at that once the dual controls are gone? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Hence, the metallic contact surfaces on wheel W' are, as stated, only half as many as on the wheel W, which controls the press-magnet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Consequently, there was indicated a philosophy which recognizes the origin, place, and function of mind in an activity which controls the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There is an understanding set up between the different contributors; and this common understanding controls the action of each. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- After a while there would not be dual controls and then we would see how well they handled divisions and army corps alone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Editor: Sheldon