Sentence examples for beyond their power from inspiring English sources

"It was beyond their power, because here, they're also victims," Mr. Sharma said.

They offer no justification of their demand beyond their power to enforce it, warning the Melians against having any hope in portents or oracles.

But they don't tell the brutal truth – or maybe they deny it to themselves – that some deaths are terrible and beyond their power to help.

Instead, our doomed heroes find their fate dictated not by implacable forces that are beyond their power to influence, but by the designs of their fellow human beings.

New Labour has its vices, but has at least learnt not to see every crisis as an excuse to enlarge the work of governments beyond their power to do good.

But they also feel that their neighborhood happiness is threatened by global problems that are beyond their power to control: terrorism, rising health care costs, looming public debt, illegal immigration, global warming and the rise of China and India.

But, in recent years, teachers have been held responsible for things that may often be beyond their powers to change.

Navi Pillay said peace negotiators seeking to offer amnesties in return for regime change would be acting beyond their powers.

However, over the years senior politicians including David Cameron, Ed Balls, Michael Gove, David Blunkett and Oliver Letwin had intervened to support Kids Company though there was no evidence they acted inappropriately or beyond their powers.

China's Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, berated local officials for going beyond their powers and conniving with the Jiangsu Tieben company illegally to push forward the $1.3 billion project.

Since it is beyond their powers to wipe our memories as well, some of us can still recall that time when his pitch was as a centrist, modern Tory who variously described himself as a liberal, compassionate or One Nation Conservative.