Sentence examples for checks on power from inspiring English sources

China needs serious political reforms: more democracy, rule of law, transparency, checks on power and a decentralized power structure.

The era's anti-hierarchical critical spirit, its self-conscious checks on power have no part in Pialat's films.

They also worry that without opposition involvement, Burundi could become more of a lopsided state, with few checks on power.

Democracies are political systems characterized by popular participation, genuine competition for executive office, and institutional checks on power.

"Their rule imposed no checks on power and allowed governments to ignore environmental protection laws and regulations," the Post wrote in the article.

In part, liberals advocating constitutional checks on power have been energized by the party's takedown of Bo Xilai, the polarizing former Politburo member who is expected to be prosecuted soon on charges of corruption and subverting the law.

"The system works as well as it does because there are checks on powers, and there is an ability to deal with situations in which power is abused".

Journalism has a value, a purpose — to serve as a check on power".

The whole idea of journalism is to serve as an independent check on power.

And some analysts, on Tuesday, said his intervention amounted to a necessary check on power.

The mainstreaming of satire threatened its role as a democratic check on power; Sahl himself wrote jokes for Kennedy's campaign.