Sentence examples for backed powers from inspiring English sources

The jointly backed powers will confirm that foreign-based firms should hand over limited data harvested in Britain – a move seen as a tacit admission that Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, may have revealed surveillance work that did not enjoy international legal backing in his high-profile leaks.

Land in China is owned either by the state or by collectives, and the government has constitutionally backed power to "requisition" any land whenever it sees fit.

You then need some fall-back powers.

Others (including many Eurosceptic MPs) thought his priority was to unilaterally claw back powers from Brussels.

Mr Cameron has pledged to win back powers from Brussels before holding an in/out poll on Britain's membership.

The group includes scat backs, power backs and traditional backs.

"I think they have no chance of taking back power.

It is, then, not obvious what Labour has to do to win back power.

The alternative is handing back power to the people who crashed the economy.

In Hartlepool, Labour defeated the Lib Dems and won back power.

If Labour wants to win back power, it has to win [financial backing].