This choice allows us to accord primacy to the authority's interpretation, while still preserving judicial control.

Real-estate purchases to accommodate new members of the Hasidic flock are seen as hostile incursions intended to increase the voting power needed to preserve control.

We will preserve local control of public schools, while demanding high standards and accountability for results.

The missi were the last attempt to preserve centralised control in the Holy Roman Empire.

But with hindsight, most historians now venerate Truman for making a brave, unselfish decision that preserved civilian control of the American military.

Adaptive action by recasting the rules was necessary to preserve administrative control and avoid the public embarrassment of the authorities.

How could he receive acclaim as a hero after being recalled by a President determined to preserve civilian control and limit an already costly conflict?

Senate Republicans care passionately about preserving their seats and Republican control of the chamber.

He is a military conservative more interested in preserving political control than in liberating economic energies.

Diplomats and analysts say both groups have poor human rights records and share the goal of maintaining strict order through repression to preserve military control.