Sentence examples for challenges to the powers from inspiring English sources

Beginning with the regulation of local government in the first part of the century and marked by famous if ineffective challenges to the powers exercised by the executive during two world wars, a body of public-law remedies was slowly developed to challenge the executive's freedom to act or at least to call it to account for its actions.

Together with these developments, new challenges to the powers and authority of the modern state posed by the globalization of the economy and mass communications, the transformation of relatively homogeneous into ethnically heterogeneous societies, and the spread of multiculturalism, diminished the capacity of the state to function as an agent of large-scale science-based projects.

All the great challenges to the powers that be over these decades have been from national liberation struggles.

The latest challenges to the power-transfer agreement began to emerge in late December, when Mr. Saleh announced that he was leaving Yemen to travel to the United States, saying his trip would "calm the atmosphere" before the elections.

The increasing portion of wind energy in the power system puts forward stability challenges to the power grid.

According to the above research results, EH technology can obviously improve the energy efficiency; however, it also brings some new challenges to the power allocation strategy, such as the problem of uncertainty in EH process.

The generation, storage, control, and distribution of the electrical power in a mini satellite represents unique challenges to the power engineer since the mass and volume restrictions are very stringent.

Murray Energy Corporation, the largest underground mining company in the United States, also signaled its intent to file five separate legal challenges to the power plant rules, which they described as "flagrantly unlawful".

The ruling appears to end a battle over the documents that lasted more than three years and comes amid a case that represents the largest legal challenge to the powers extended to the police since the Sept. 11 attack.

"That would be my challenge to the powers that be of Kent.

Backed by his mother, Henry then presented a formidable challenge to the power of the English throne.