It's also a way for them to assert their control and influence.

对于他们而言，这仅仅是一种表现控制欲和影响力的方式。

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Determining "control and influence" for a regulatory agency.

确定对相关的代理机构“控制和施加影响”。

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They permeate ench other, complement each other, control and influence the whole policy-making process together.

逻辑思维与非逻辑思维在决策过程中互相渗透、互相补充，共同支配和影响决策的全过程。

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"We are there to protect the streets of Britain, we are there because al-Qaida poses a threat to us as well as it does to other countries and we are there because if al-Qaida took control again or had an influence in Afghanistan, under a Taliban government, then the people of this government would not be safe,"

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When we think of power and money, we think of gaining control and influence over someone or something outside of ourselves.

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Besides the lawsuit, investors could easily be scared away by the overall quality of the product and amount of control and influence that they would actually have within the organization.

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In the 19th century the battle over influence of Central Asia was described as the "Great Game" as the British and Russian empires vied for control and influence in the region.

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