ADJ

absolute, complete, full, total
effective, proper
close, strict
Weeds should be kept under strict control
direct
government, parental, political, state

VERB + CONTROL

have
assume, establish, gain, get, take, win
A military junta took control of the country
keep, maintain, retain
She struggled to keep control of her voice
lose, relinquish
He lost control of the car when he swerved to avoid a cyclist
wrest
attempts to wrest control of the town from government forces
get out of, go out of
The car went out of control on the icy road
re-establish, regain
Enemy forces have now regained control of the area
give sb/sth
The idea is to give councils full control of their own budgets
exercise, exert
Editors do not exercise control over large sections of their newspapers
bring/get sth under
They soon got the situation under control

PREP

beyond/outside your ~
Parking is outside my control
in ~ (of)
The elected government is back in control
out of ~
I had this feeling that things were out of control
under (sb's) ~
Everything is under control The department was under the control of Bryce Thompson
~ over
They have little control over that side of the business

PHRASES

circumstances beyond sb's control
The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control

ADJ

air-traffic, arms, birth, budgetary, cost, crowd, gun, pest, pollution, quality, rent, social, stock, traffic
The police are experts in crowd control

ADJ

strict, stringent, tight, tough
lax
border, export, price
calls for tougher export controls

VERB + CONTROL

impose, introduce
The government has imposed strict controls on new building
tighten
The country has tightened its border controls
ease, relax
plans to relax price controls
lift, remove

PREP

~ on
They have introduced controls on public spending

ADJ

remote
volume

VERB + CONTROL

take
Once we were in the air, I was allowed to take the controls

CONTROL + NOUN

panel

PREP

at the ~s
Chief Air Officer Sedley was at the controls of the Boeing 707