had been controlling

Past perfect progressiveconjugation ofcontrol.There are other translations for this conjugation.

control

Those who had been controlling others were also controlled by others.	Quienes hubiesen estado controlando a otros también fuesen controlados por otros.
They had been controlling the emigration policies and the flow of cheap labor force until recently, and yet AKP presented them with this problem by its attempts in Syria.	Hasta ahora ellos mismos controlaban la política de refugiados y el fluido de mano de obra barata. AKP con su esfuerzo en Siria, les regaló este problema, convergió el fluido de refugiados en algo incontrolable.
By relinquishing all claims to Western Sahara and withdrawing from the part of the region which it had been controlling, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania considers that it has also withdrawn from the conflict concerning this territory.	Al renunciar a toda reivindicación sobre el Sáhara Occidental y al retirarse de la parte de esta región que controlaba, el Gobierno de la República Islámica de Mauritania considera que se ha retirado asimismo del conflicto relativo a ese territorio.
In addition, in the declaration of 14 August 1979, it decided to withdraw its troops and administration from the part of Western Sahara which it had been controlling and requested the Moroccan Government to withdraw forthwith its contingents stationed in Mauritanian territory.	Por otra parte, por la declaración de fecha 14 de agosto de 1979, ha decidido retirar sus tropas y su administración de la parte del Sahara Occidental que controlaba y ha pedido al Gobierno de Marruecos que retire inmediatamente los contingentes que tiene estacionados en territorio mauritano.