Example sentences of "had [adj] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mortifying thought occurred to her that he was playing games , that he somehow had telepathic powers and could read every angry , frightened , confused , cowardly thought scurrying through her brain … |
| 2 | In a major victory for the concept of affirmative action or reverse discrimination , the Supreme Court ruled by five to four on June 27 that Congress had broad powers to mandate government policies which gave preference to racial or ethnic minorities . |
| 3 | Under martial law , large public meetings and political activity had been banned and the government had broad powers to restrict freedom of speech and of the press . |
| 4 | Sir John Donaldson M.R. has described in Abse v. Smith how the judges of every court had inherent power to regulate the practices of their court , which included the identification of those they were willing to hear plead before them , and it was not in dispute before us that these powers , until they were removed by section 27 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , were exercised by High Court judges sitting as such . |
| 5 | So extensive became the control of the catholic sector , both primary and secondary , that priests had extensive powers of dismissal over the teachers until the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Long before 1914 Glasgow had been a pressure point for confrontation between landlord and tenant : collective tenant complaint was commonplace in a situation dominated by communal tenant blocks , administered by tough ‘ factors ’ who had extensive powers of eviction and distraint . |
| 7 | They had economic power because they had control of the family money ; and they had psychological power because the entire outside world was made up of similar families ( in East Africa the Africans were socially invisible to Asians ) which respected and supported the concept of hierarchy . |
| 8 | She had ample power to stem the tide that ebbed enthusiastically out past the Needles , and would not be blown off course by the north-easterly wind . |
| 9 | The Authority also had specific powers over the retail tariffs and labour relations machinery of the Area Boards . |
| 10 | In its place , the government is to set up a " new wide ranging review " of how local authorities could help clear up polluted sites , and of whether they had adequate powers and finances to carry out the task . |
| 11 | ‘ I write of power being destructive and parents had absolute power over children in those days . |
| 12 | However , the Tsar broke his promise to share power and stated that he still had overall power . |
| 13 | The secretary of each level of the party had quasi-absolute power over the members below him , and Elena had a double advantage : not only was she the Party secretary able to veto or grant small privileges for her colleagues , her husband was much of the time the Second Secretary in the Party at large , controlling the day-to-day business of the Romanian Communists under Dej 's supervision . |
| 14 | And then of course he gives classical precedence for this Tireseus , Orpheus , those poets who had magical powers , Homer , who suggests not only frugal diet , but chastity will be the best preparation for the poet who has this task in hand . |
| 15 | They had economic power because they had control of the family money ; and they had psychological power because the entire outside world was made up of similar families ( in East Africa the Africans were socially invisible to Asians ) which respected and supported the concept of hierarchy . |
| 16 | That is to say , the majority of those who had domestic power in Libya were inclined to see the emancipation of women as a threat to their interests . |
| 17 | It was a musical farce with a classic swap of identity plot with people confessing to their partners their infidelities in the mistaken belief they were confiding in someone else , a daft Midsummer Musical comedy with Gerry Mulgrew as a manic , fast-talking Marlowesque ( Philip Marlowesque I mean ) magical dog who had Puckish powers to cause confusion in his neck of the woods — a hideous fictional Glasgow ghetto housing scheme called Low Cassil . |
| 18 | He had brilliant powers of recovery , she realised when , with his look of surprise that she was clinging on to him barely discernible , he placed his hand lovingly over hers . |
| 19 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
| 20 | She knew that , as long as she applied it with care , she had great power over Bernard . |
| 21 | Always the strong personalities had great power of influence . |
| 22 | The Doctor recited : ‘ According to legend , the people of Gallifrey had supernatural powers . |
| 23 | The distinction between the cases is that the Hydraulic Power Co. were empowered by statute to supply water for industrial purposes , that is , they had permissive power but not a mandatory authority , and they were under no obligation to keep their mains charged with water at high pressure , or at all . |
| 24 | Again , a story in Thucydides ( v.45 ) shows that the Council hears foreign ambassadors before the Assembly does ( Alcibiades persuades a Spartan delegation , after their first audience , which was with the Council , to deny at their later audience with the Assembly that they had full powers to treat with Athens ) . |
| 25 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 26 | While MacArthur had enormous power as the supreme commander , there were noticeable differences among his advisors especially on the general issue of the strength of ‘ latent democratic tendencies ’ in Japan . |
| 27 | IF THE ROMANS HAD NUCLEAR POWER , WE 'D STILL BE GUARDING THEIR WASTE |
| 28 | Many of the sheriffships were also heritable offices , which again conferred powers of private patronage upon their holders where this had not been specifically reserved to the Crown , and a great magnate who had inherited a small empire of such judicial rights had considerable powers of influence in his region , both from the offices themselves and the opportunities which they gave to oblige friends , and from the powers of the courts , for regalian jurisdiction was extended over the possessions of landowners who held their estates as the vassals of the magnate . |
| 29 | It would , of course , benefit the Montrose interest to see the post in safe and honest hands , for the court had considerable powers in the suburbs of the city of Glasgow . |
| 30 | Even so , proclamations had considerable power , both before and after 1539 . |