Sentence examples for being granted power from inspiring English sources

In one case a woman stole her father's savings after being granted power of attorney, leaving his care home bills unpaid.

The American chess grandmaster was granted power of attorney over a company called Kettering Consultants Inc in October 2007.

No one voted for such people, yet they are granted power over our lives.

Once people have been granted power, they tend to ignore those around them and become less empathic.

"I didn't make power, I was granted power, as any person who is successful in public life is granted it," he told The New York Times Magazine in 1979.

Second, since the ruler is granted power conditionally, it follows that the people have the power to withdraw their sanction if the proper conditions are not fulfilled.

TNK-BP said in a statement that the company would be run temporarily by executives who had been granted power of attorney.

It is contended that we should dismiss this action on the ground that the Attorney General has not been granted power either to file or to maintain it.

He used his position as chief commissioner of the Theoric Fund, which provided free seats at public spectacles, to exercise control over Athenian finances, since commissioners of the fund were granted power in other departments of finance.

I recommend that more than one person in a family be granted power of attorney.

In January, it was granted power to fine companies up to £500,000 for significant offences.