Example sentences of "they have [art] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would they have the power to move Dr Neil ? |
| 2 | The municipal police argued that the manufacturer 's expiry date was the true one , so the Jordanian asked Tripoli to intervene to tell the local police that they had no power to override the decision of a national committee . |
| 3 | Although they had no power to punish prisoners themselves , the overseers reported any misdemeanours to staff and their word would almost always be taken against that of another prisoner . |
| 4 | Proceedings were adjourned until July 11 , so that witnesses could be called , but the justices sitting on that date concluded that they had no power to consider the case afresh and proceeded to sentence . |
| 5 | The local authority says that the justices had no power to add a direction of any sort to the care order and , in particular , they had no power to order that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement with L. , so that , effectively , he could apply if he felt that the rehabilitation process was not succeeding . |
| 6 | Recognising that they had no power and little influence with which to contain Castro 's radicalisation ( as Moscow wished ) , the skilled and experienced politicians of the PSP responded quickly to the changed situation and began asserting the advanced character of the revolution as one of their ploys for enlisting Soviet assistance . |
| 7 | Because they had no power station at Lyness . |
| 8 | Even as they gathered their evidence the defence committee members knew they had no power , only the hope of influence . |
| 9 | In that case of Appleford ( Appleford 's Case ( 1672 ) 1 Mod.Rep. 82 ) there was a mandamus brought , to restore him to his fellowship : it was returned , that by the statutes of the college , for misdemeanour they had a power to turn him out ; and that the Bishop of Winchester was visitor , and that he was turned out pro crimine enormi , and had appealed to the bishop , who confirmed the expulsion ; and the particular cause was not returned : I was of counsel for the college , and we omitted the cause in the return for that reason , because indeed it was not so true as it should have been . |
| 10 | The police became adamant : they had the power to decide what was fit , what unfit , in Ajdabiya district . |
| 11 | They had the power of constriction , and Anne guessed they would be sticky to the touch . |
| 12 | Then police would know they had the power they need and motorists would know that just one drink too many would cost them their licence . |
| 13 | Could n't the people in these places use more goods if they had the power to purchase them ? |
| 14 | The court was concerned about the views of the guardian ad litem and considered whether they should , if they had the power , agree with a proposal that there should be a rehabilitation . |
| 15 | They took the view that under section 34(2) of the Children Act 1984 they had the power to order that there should be no contact between the mother and the child , thus preventing the local authority from carrying out the rehabilitation plan . |
| 16 | This was important because they had a predominantly ‘ social ’ rather than a ‘ professional ’ relationship with users , and it acted as a reminder that in the final analysis they had the power to impose sanctions when necessary . |
| 17 | It was put to me very forcibly by the junior doctors that unless they had the power to withdraw their labour , how else could they ‘ get their rights ’ ? |
| 18 | They had the power of flight , super-effective senses. , X-ray vision , Heat-ray vision . |
| 19 | Shock assailed her as she made the discovery that his insults did not merely provoke anger ; they had the power to distress . |
| 20 | To the regime 's opponents , it was a signal that they had the power to do so . |
| 21 | However , when some of the children start to communicate with the familiar but unknown people , Michael Colpan 's dad on the campus lets out a little of the secret , in order to save these poor children from being used as national weapons , since they had the power to make a harmless teddy bear savagely attack a human and kill it . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , they have no power over political parties , who are n't expected to be legal , decent , honest or truthful . |
| 23 | County councils , where they exist , have important strategic functions but except for highways , minerals and waste their role is only advisory and they have no power over whether the district authority grants or refuses consent . |
| 24 | The critics never review my work , but this concerns me little as they have no power and little influence . |
| 25 | They have no power to take any action and it appears that their potential to increase the level of accountability and to develop policing by consent is minimal . |
| 26 | Be that as it may , the judges assumed this duty in 1292 and there are dicta from time to time in the succeeding centuries that it is one they have no power to give up . |
| 27 | Clearly they have no power to do so , even if somebody asks them to , somebody from outside for instance , erm , and , and also when they do get a fire certificate , is there a display for it ? |
| 28 | If ministers wish to stop a news story , they must ask the courts for an injunction — they have no power to make a direct order . |
| 29 | They have no power to take the children back to school . |
| 30 | They discover things that because they have a power for good have an equal power for bad — one ca n't exist without the other — and then say , ‘ Here it is , do what you like with it . |