Example sentences of "which have [adj] power " in BNC.

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1 Unless such a distinction is to be found , as the defendants say that it is , in the public nature of a local authority , which has governmental powers under statute and of which the policy and activities are decided by elected councillors , I agree with that view of Morland J. In the South Hetton Coal Co. case Lopes L.J .
2 Why , following a revolution , does a government which has effective power backed up with military force , seek to make a constitution ?
3 This rather sad quote illustrates very sharply a point made in the previous chapter , which is that a field of learning such as physics , which has great power to change our lives , is usually divorced from a consideration of moral issues .
4 Many people share their homes with an animal which has similar powers .
5 There is also a 210-member consultative council , the Shura , which has advisory powers .
6 There is also a 210-member consultative council , the Majlis ash-Shura , which has advisory powers ; 140 of its members are elected and 70 are appointed by the President , who also appoints the Council of Ministers .
7 Nothing was done to arrest this by the local council , which had discretionary powers to do so .
8 The complexity of drawing together accurate personnel data in a dispersed organisation — some elements of which have autonomous powers — is a major deterrent to basing decisions on facts .
9 Where that is not possible , we need to develop other ways of ensuring good standards of service — for example , through regulatory bodies which have real powers and responsibilities .
10 It is almost as if the catholic Irish people become a people of God in Old Testament terms , in a way similar to the Northern Calvinists , a people which have overriding power to set up their domain .
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