Example sentences of "have [art] power [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee did not have the power to repeal the decree , but Gorbachev was now required either to rewrite it or repeal it himself . |
| 2 | Inevitably , this decision led to a reaction from some polytechnic directors that it was quite wrong that a chartered body , through an adverse report , should have the power to induce the collapse of an institution . |
| 3 | But he may not have the power to overrule the precedents ; in any case , reasons of strategy argue against this . |
| 4 | Selim did not have the power to punish the rebels , and in 1798 he made peace with Pazvant-oglu and a year later permitted the janissaries to return to Belgrade . |
| 5 | It is also important to check that the limited company has already been incorporated and that it does actually have the power to own the property . |
| 6 | When a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service , under the provisions of the present Convention , and a judgment has been entered against a defendant who has not appeared , the judge shall have the power to relieve the defendant from the effects of the expiration of the time for appeal from the judgment if the following conditions are fulfilled — |
| 7 | The electorate may have the power to choose the members of the House of Commons but the will of the electorate is not something formally recognized by the courts . |
| 8 | An alternative line of defence offered by the National Bank for its failure to curb inflation ( EP , 10 November 1986 ) is that it does not have the power to prevent the money supply from growing faster than its planned rate . |
| 9 | Rap , at least in the States , is the most direct and powerful form of music available and I think it does have the power to change the way people feel and think . |
| 10 | The council should have the power to recommend the return of documents . |
| 11 | But he should have the power to hurt the battle weary , 36-fight Thornton — and then move on to Manchester . |
| 12 | Again , it is a peculiarity of unfair dismissal law that an industrial tribunal does not have the power to consider the fairness of dismissal where at the time of dismissal the employer was conducting a lockout or the employee was taking part in a strike or other industrial action . |
| 13 | But yesterday he said he did not have the power to pass the sentence . |
| 14 | Christabel Pankhurst argued that ‘ when women are citizens they will have the power to secure the enactment of laws for their protection ’ . |
| 15 | ( p. 73 ) The sanction of frequent elections is the check which the people have over their representatives , while the representatives themselves must have the power to check the executive . |