While he permitted private control over small companies, the government controlled the larger ones.

The medal benefits the museum, which is being returned to private control.

This adds another layer to the blending of public and private control over the nation's central bank.

The deal would move the lender, which is facing increasing turmoil, into private control.

Gates calls the choice between private and government control of software "the question at the center" of the case.

It marks the growing enclosure and private control of public space.

You say "Larry seems to think that public and private controls are the same."

However, Herman chose to keep the company under private control and operation.

The debate over private control of public hospitals has taken place around the country.

More commonly, others refer to a mixture of private and state control as mixed economy.