Sentence examples for Taking power for from inspiring English sources

It wasn't taking power for granted.

Now Mr Speight accuses the generals of hijacking his coup, and taking power for themselves.He may be right.

"I think Chinese women's liberation will depend on each woman taking power for herself, really for herself, and not with a man.

Though national elections are almost three years off, there are six important state elections next year and multiple polls show the Greens with a strong chance of taking power for the first time as the largest party in a coalition.

For Curzon, however, the babus of Calcutta and Bombay were hardly better than overeducated parasites who, under the guise of Indian patriotism, were dedicated to taking power for themselves and killing off the Raj as quickly as possible.

The European Parliament has voted to confirm the new commission led by Jean-Claude Juncker taking power for five years.

The minimum six months' retention is probably what we will see in Germany, which resisted the exercise; the Home Office is taking powers for four times as long.

Will its top officers attempt to take power for themselves?

He said the latter would mean attending the funerals of industry across Britain as the Tories took power for decades.

We will not let a fake government take power for even one day," he told the rally in a cavernous hall in the capital, Kabul.

CHICAGO — He will not formally take power for almost six weeks, but President-elect Barack Obama is already showing some glimpses of how he will wield it.