Sentence examples for continue to exert power from inspiring English sources

The two, when death comes calling, scheme to be buried with the seal so that they will continue to exert power in the afterlife.

Benazir will never govern until she wins its confidence". The bureaucracies continue to exert power they accumulated during nearly a century of British rule.

His name, with the spelling Architas, continued to exert power in Medieval and Renaissance texts, although the accomplishments assigned to him in those texts are fanciful.

While Ralph's rapid dispatch might have been seen as an opportunity to curtail the chaplains' influence, they continued to exert power in observing and reporting on the state of mind of prisoners; they had access through cell visits to individual convicts and were responsible for religious teaching and moral and general instruction.

Around the country, reactionary forces continue to exert their considerable power to try to muzzle worker voice.

The Taliban will continue to exert their powerful influence wielded through fear, oppression, and money.

Much of the speculation in the run-up to this year's festival has focused on whether or not the festivals can continue to exert such extraordinary pulling power.

A particular illustration of the power that myths continue to exert was provided as late as the 1940s by the belief in the existence of an Aryan racial group, separate from and superior to the Semitic group.

Both Power and Rice will need to continue to exert strong leadership on behalf of the U.S. to ensure that the global community sets an agenda that achieves both.

They are too vested in the way things are right now, a system which preserves their power, protects entrenched incumbents, and allows the wealthiest 1percentt of Americans to continue to exert unfair influence over candidates and elections.

Citizens continue to exert pressure for real reform.