However, increasing competition from Samsung and other smartphone makers could cause it to lose the kind of control it presently enjoys on suppliers.

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Yet, once posted, we usually lose exclusive ownership of the information and always lose control over it.

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Last week saw the departure of six cabinet ministers from the government and devastating local election results for the Labour Party, which saw it lose control of its four councils and its vote share drop to an historic low of 23%.

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Well don't expect to keep it if you lose control of your care.

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If Labour lose seven it would lose outright control of the council.

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"It is very disappointing to lose control of the council, " he said.

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She had felt out of control of her weight, since she would lose weight but could not keep it off.

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The idea that the German government may lose control of its national budget and be put under supervision by Brussels is, it seems, too humiliating to contemplate.

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