The research team implemented adaptive control to maintain system stability under varying load conditions.

Even under pressure at the negotiation table, she remained remarkably self-controlled.

During the seminar, the students compared various control verbs and discussed whether their structures permit null subjects.

During the test flight, the engineer adjusted a small control surface to correct the aircraft's roll.

During the preflight inspection, the engineer found corrosion on several control surfaces and ordered immediate repairs.

The control mechanism in the thermostat adjusts the heating to keep the room temperature stable.

The committee implemented several new control mechanisms to prevent data breaches.

The linguistics professor used subject-control verbs as examples to demonstrate how the verb's shared object can be its subject.

The object-control verb caused the embedded clause to share the main clause's object rather than its subject.

The textbook defines a control verb as a verb that takes multiple arguments, one of which is an embedded verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (often its subject) is syntactically an argument of both the main verb and the embedded verb.