Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adj] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hearing them live , you realised that their voices have immense power as well as great beauty . |
| 2 | ‘ I write of power being destructive and parents had absolute power over children in those days . |
| 3 | But in England and Wales a total of 48 designated areas had new powers to make loans and grants for industrial building ( economic regeneration soon became the most important feature ) and to declare improvement areas . |
| 4 | If fully charged , some rechargeable shavers and electric toothbrushes have sufficient power for two weeks . |
| 5 | In addition the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) alone amongst the voluntary organisations has statutory powers in this area . |
| 6 | The joint boards have precepting powers on the district councils . |
| 7 | These Commissions have extensive powers for reviewing the structure on a continuing basis . |
| 8 | Thus in Sweden , where industry or higher level bargaining predominates , although there are variations as between unions within individual industries , the unions are generally strongly organised and their officials have considerable power . |
| 9 | Mr Ra won his wager by building a 40-foot-high pyramid in Salt Lake City , making sacramental wine in it , and selling the stuff to religious groups — wine made in pyramids was said by the ancient Egyptians to have supernatural powers . |
| 10 | The Elamites had considerable power in Babylonia . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Always the strong personalities had great power of influence . |
| 13 | Senior civil servants have tremendous power , particularly where government is weak , changes are frequent , or their political leaders lack technical or administrative expertise ( or have misplaced confidence ! ) . |
| 14 | The corporations had wide powers of acquisition and management of the requisite areas ‘ and generally to do anything necessary or expedient for the purposes of the new town or for the purposes incidental thereto ’ . |
| 15 | Yet the flatworms have surprising powers . |
| 16 | The Department 's 100 ‘ responsible staff ’ members have considerable powers over the ministries they oversee . |
| 17 | Whales have excellent powers of hearing and , not surprisingly , a very elaborate repertoire of calls . |
| 18 | Thus the capitalists have economic power , controlling and exploiting the worker , and this also gives them political power as well . |
| 19 | Even so , proclamations had considerable power , both before and after 1539 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Planning authorities have formidable powers over unlawful development once it has taken place . |
| 22 | A further source of friction and confusion is found where authorities have concurrent powers ; that is , an equal share in providing services . |
| 23 | From this analysis , it should be clear that the authorities have considerable power to determine interest rates . |
| 24 | IF THE ROMANS HAD NUCLEAR POWER , WE 'D STILL BE GUARDING THEIR WASTE |
| 25 | Mineral undertakers have long-standing powers to obtain rights over land containing mineral deposits . |
| 26 | County and district councils have concurrent powers in respect of museums and art galleries , country parks , conservation areas , footpaths , recreational facilities , local parks , and open spaces , sharing the last four functions with parish , town and community councils . |