Example sentences of "powers [vb pp] [prep] it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If they desired that the should stay and that the crown should retain the powers given to it by the constitution he should be informed .
2 The SIB has wide powers granted to it by the Secretary of State under the FSA , and has a broad authority in enforcing the Act ( and can override the decisions of the SROs ) .
3 ‘ the High Court , Court of Session or High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland , as the case may be , shall have the powers conferred on it by the following provisions of this Act .
4 This is contained in section 1 , which provides that the Bank of England shall have the powers conferred on it by the Act , and also ‘ the duty generally to supervise the institutions authorised by it in the exercise of those powers . ’
5 There seems to be a strong argument now that the provisions of Regulation 5 of the UK Transfer Regulations , in so far as they make the transfer of the contract of employment compulsory on the employee as well as the employer , are ultra vires and so susceptible to judicial review , in the sense that the government in making the Regulations exceeded the powers conferred on it by the European Communities Act 1972 to make law by delegated legislation .
6 As far as the authority of the board is concerned , it must carry out its functions according to the powers conferred upon it by the company 's articles .
7 in the exercise of the intervention powers delegated to it by the Secretary of State ( as to which see section 97 of the Act ) .
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