Collocations for regulate - verb

closely, heavily, strictly, tightly
The use of these chemicals is strictly regulated.

carefully, properly
lightly, loosely
poorly
federally
Tobacco is a federally regulated product.

attempt to, seek to
be designed to, be intended to
a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family

an attempt to regulate sth
regulated by law, regulated by statute

Regulate is used with these nouns as the subject:
law, treaty

Regulate is used with these nouns as the object:
activity, behaviour, breathing, commerce, conduct, economy, emission, emotion, exercise, flow, industry, Internet, level, market, mechanism, mood, movement, process, production, profession, railway, relation, temperature, trade, use