Sentence examples for by asserting the power from inspiring English sources

Watching Lyndsey Turner's beautiful revival, I was struck by how a play, first seen in 1979, contradicts our theatre's trend towards ever greater visual sophistication by asserting the power of the word.

He defended himself against charges of making war against the king during the civil war by asserting the sovereign power of parliament.

In this political year, some among us still need tangible structures to assert the power and defense of times gone by.

They believe that a responsible Congress could stop the war by asserting its Constitutional powers - the power to raise & support armies, to decide when to make war, to appropriate money.

Following the ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, Madison undertook to strengthen the Union by asserting implied power in Congress to enforce financial requisitions upon the states by military coercion.

By asserting his power over welfare, and tightening the screws on total household benefits, the chancellor was trying to protect the government's reforms from his colleague's bungling.Finally, though a quintessentially tactical move, the chancellor's announcement was also part of the government's principled attempt to sharpen the incentives for work over inactivity.

We have the sense that Enrique's mother has resisted his growing up — that she tries to keep him a child by asserting her power over him, physically and verbally.

While asserting the political power of the Party, the change in policy generated significant economic growth.

As we emerge into adulthood, we can shed the victim by creating healthy boundaries and by asserting our own power.

Conversely, it can appeal to women who get off on towering over men by asserting power they feel they may not have in life.

And, deep down, I was driven by a desire to assert the enduring power of the playwright.