Example sentences of "have power " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That dog has powers , ’ Gillies insisted . |
| 2 | Kinnock complains of the alleged power of the Tory tabloid press , but he has powers on his side too . |
| 3 | If he rebuffs all approaches and continues to let a listed house decay , then the local planning authority has powers to serve a Repairs Notice . |
| 4 | In the last resort the council has powers to send in workmen to carry out emergency repairs with or without the owner 's agreement , preventing further decay and making the building wind- and water-tight . |
| 5 | The Commission has powers to order divestiture of unauthorised mergers . |
| 6 | It also has powers to carry out investigations and impose very large fines of up to 10% of turnover . |
| 7 | In addition to these the Court of Appeal has powers to order the retrial of a case tried before a judge alone in the following cases : |
| 8 | The task of monitoring compliance with accounting standards is undertaken by a Review Panel ( RP ) , which reports to the ASB and which , if deemed necessary , has powers to take a company to court for noncompliance . |
| 9 | Under the provision of the Companies Act 1989 the Secretary of State has powers to seek a ruling from the courts , under a new civil procedure , on whether a company 's accounts comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 10 | The European Court has powers of judicial review over Commission decisions , and there have been many appeals to the Court against the decisions of DGIV . |
| 11 | Although the local authority has powers to adopt private roads , it may be reluctant to apply them as the cost of the road construction will fall on the landowners proportionate to their road frontage . |
| 12 | Under the Act the Secretary of State can differentiate between authorities in drawing up the timetable for tendering and has powers to extend tendering to other services . |
| 13 | As sanctions in the event of non-compliance , the peace keeper has powers of arrest , or detention short of arrest . |
| 14 | The authorities need not follow his recommendations , but like his counterparts in England and Wales , he has powers to cap their Community Charge levels if he judges that they are overspending . |
| 15 | At a more modest level , we can say that legislation on restrictive practices has eliminated many cases of blatant anti-competitive behaviour and that the Director-General of Fair Trading now has powers to promote the provision of better consumer information ( e.g. the Trade Descriptions Act ) and to monitor general company behaviour . |
| 16 | The Serious Fraud Office has powers of investigation , and it is exercising them . |
| 17 | Engineer 's ability to control costs during construction Larger contracts may include terms under which a person named as " the Engineer " , " the Architect " , or " the Supervising Officer " has powers and duties to supervise and instruct a contractor . |
| 18 | The State has powers to alienate the rights of possessions to such " deserving grantees " ( the deserving grantees , according to Islamic law , are the landless , the warriors and others who serve the State , those who can actually cultivate the land , and those who have just embraced Islam ) who are able to put the land to productive use and to be of benefit to the society at large . |
| 19 | The protector often has powers to prevent trustees from doing things and may even have the power to remove trustees . |
| 20 | In any case , under s132 of CCA 1974 the court has powers to grant the defaulting hirer financial relief in respect of sums paid and payable . |
| 21 | Is it one of the new quangos or is it a S F R A , a self financing regulatory authority that has powers to issues and regulations and charge people for the job that it then does . |
| 22 | As mentioned earlier , the state also has powers to militarize railway staff in the event of industrial disputes , and militarization occurred in 1976 . |
| 23 | ‘ It is up to a man , ’ she said ‘ to make a marriage a source of peace or misery , because the man has power ; our women usually have none . ’ |
| 24 | In such a case the court has power to stop the prosecution in its tracks . |
| 25 | For this reason an interval of six weeks elapses between the decree nisi , which is made upon the hearing of the case , and the decree absolute , which finally dissolves the marriage and enables the parties to marry again , though the court has power to expedite the decree absolute in a suitable case . |
| 26 | The agent might , for example , be at fault if in the circumstances the consent could be taken as sufficient evidence that the agent has power to consent ( i.e. , that there were reasons for holding the consent valid ) and the agent should have realized this . |
| 27 | These three facilitating conditions are predicated upon the nature of the local political economy-who has power and how it is exercised ; upon the nature of the state , and the interests and ideology of people who serve in government ( e.g. bureaucrats , forest police , or politicians ) . |
| 28 | It 's a ritual , showing who has power . |
| 29 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 30 | The firm is pushed to continue as long as it can without breaking the law — indeed Dista can claim CSM positively discouraged it from taking action , a situation which , some observers claim , shows that the British drugs watchdog has power without responsibility . |