Sentence examples for be said to exercise from inspiring English sources

In the Mahayana Buddhist sects, the monks, and those who are popularly known as bonzes, can hardly be said to exercise definitely sacerdotal functions in the temples, monasteries, and shrines.

He could not be said to exercise strictly legislative or judicial power any more, for instance, than it could be said that executive officers exercise such power when, upon investigation, they ascertain whether a particular applicant for a pension belongs to a class of persons who, under the general rules prescribed by Congress, are entitled to pensions.

The sense in which they can be said to exercise care after the curtain comes down is that they confine themselves to discussing their general attitude toward each other while the curtain was up, and avoid all mention of details of inflection, gesture, or grimace.

First, present generations may be said to exercise power over (remote) future generations when, for example, they create conditions that make it costly for future generations to decide against continuing to pursue present generations' projects.

Among these men, Bin Laden is said to exercise an unmatched influence.

The hand-held computer games are said to "exercise" the mental muscles and over time improve general thinking and memory.

In an industry in which established artists are steadily grabbing power from the big corporations (whose main defence is to try to "manufacture" a stream of easy-to-manage identikit boy and girl bands, or turn many a non-entity into a "Pop Idol") Shakira is said to exercise tighter than average control over all aspects of her career.

Insofar as there is a causal connection between the propositional attitudes we adopt, and the beliefs that are thereby generated, we can be said to have exercised indirect, or roundabout, control over belief-formation.

It might be said to be impracticable to exercise this power in this manner.

When a public authority fetters its discretion, it can either be said to have failed to exercise its discretionary power or to have been subject to external influences.

Tasks may be said to represent an activity or exercise such as in performance or game-based assessments.