Example sentences of "it had [art] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 2 | But tonight it had no power to lull her into unconsciousness . |
| 3 | Viscount Dilhorne similarly held that if the requested court was not satisfied that evidence was required , direct evidence for use at a trial as contrasted with information which might lead to the discovery of evidence , it had no power to assist . |
| 4 | This was rejected by the court which simply stated that it had no power to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament . |
| 5 | But of course it had no power at all . |
| 6 | Moves to have her elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1902 were squashed when the council , on legal advice , decided that it had no power to elect a married woman . |
| 7 | His own faith did not have the answers to this , any more than it had the power to prevent the catastrophe , which exacerbated Leonard 's growing disaffection from it , or , should we say , his endless self-questioning of it . |
| 8 | In the US during the 1970s , the cultural climate in economic thinking was soft on inflation , and the Fed did not tackle it as a result , even though it had the power to do so . |
| 9 | ( H.C. , 1976 ) the court held that it had the power to restrain publication of material relating to such discussions although the power was not then exercised . |
| 10 | The House of Lords decided that the affidavit was not conclusive and that , where appropriate , it had the power to inspect the documents in private and decide whether to accept the claim . |
| 11 | In the United States the Supreme Court in Marbury v Madison ( 1803 ) 1 Cranch 137 , decided that it had the power to declare both the acts of Congress and of the President to be unconstitutional . |
| 12 | It had the power to grant building leases and fix ground rents . |
| 13 | Maintaining that it had the power to negotiate now that there was a common market for air transport , the Commission said it would be better if the EC negotiated key accords with major competitors such as the US and Asia . |
| 14 | Maintaining that it had the power to negotiate now that there was a common market for air transport , the Commission said it would be better if the EC negotiated key accords with major competitors such as the US and Asia . |