Sentence examples for are empowered only from inspiring English sources

These critics argue, she writes, that "tattooing shifts the focus of women's issues from society to the self; that tattooed women are empowered only in their minds; and that women who find solace in tattoos are no different from women for whom shopping and exercise are substitutes for problem-solving".

Instead, the latter offices were exempted, and the ombudsman's office was empowered only to make recommendations.

The White House said Mr. Richardson was empowered only to deliver the same message that it had said in public: that there would be no negotiations until North Korea halted its two nuclear projects.

The framers meant for the legislative branch to be the most important actor in the federal government: Congress was to make the laws and the president was empowered only to execute them.

The licensee's rights, on the other hand, are contractual, and the licensee is empowered only to sue the owner for breach of contract; it cannot sue in trespass: Ziff, at p. 270; R. E. Megarry, A Manual of the Law of Real Property (8th ed. 2002), at p. 475; see also Thomas v. Sorrell (1673), Vaughan 330, 124 E.R. 1098, at p. 1109.

If HUD chose to pursue a claim of discrimination, it was empowered only to engage in 'conference, conciliation, and persuasion' to resolve the problem". Moreover, some of the law's most important regulations were not promulgated until as recently as the Obama Administration.

If we are serious about building self-sustaining communities where people are empowered not only to consume but also to create, it is vital not to overlook the importance of our nation's fledgling shared machine shops.

The book demonstrates the need to design HIV/AIDS and life skills education within a human rights framework in which young people are empowered, not only to claim their rights, but also to take charge of their lives.

(Convergences tend to bog down, as delegates are empowered to vote on only those decisions their affinity groups have already made, which means many trips back and forth to discuss new proposals).

The UN puts forward "candidates" on the basis of need but only British officials are empowered to make the final selection.

These officials do not have a seat at the negotiating table--only countries are empowered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be parties to the agreement.