Sentence examples for complete power over from inspiring English sources

"I was frightened to death because he had complete power over me by that stage.

Complete power over whether a worker advances or is held back gives rise to abuse of power — period.

In addition to everything else, these emergency managers held complete power over the duly elected city council and mayor.

The proposals mean the secretary of state could have complete power over practice standards, curriculum content and assessments at qualifying and post-qualifying levels.

In an interview last week, Mr. Silver said that no mayor, whether Republican or Democratic, should have complete power over education spending and policy.

When she is writing ordinary fiction, she has complete power over what happens, but she must feel that her characters have free will or else the dead hand of determinism will crush the book.

But what sets Nick Saban apart from his other coaching brethren is the complete power he has over virtually every aspect of the football program, so much so that Forbes magazine in a September cover story referred to him in the headline as "The Most Powerful Coach in Sports".

"It is total flexibility, complete power.

"The broadcasters have the complete power.

Gen. Mohammed el-Assar added, glossing over the council's dissolution of the body, "and we will give the president of the republic his complete powers".

One major over-spender is Puerto Rico's electrical authority, known as PREPA, which has a complete monopoly over power on the island.