Sentence examples for defining the powers of from inspiring English sources

Defining the powers of the president cannot be limited to just one political party.

However, defining the powers of the country's rulers was fraught with difficulties.

He was less interested in defining the powers of government than in identifying those regions where government could not intrude.

Last winter he warned of grave trouble if his country elected a president before defining the powers of the office in a new constitution.

Parliamentary elections are due in September, before a new constitution defining the powers of the president and other key issues is written, and Mubarak's successor may not be chosen before next spring.

And Bush administration officials are still trying to make political headway in Iraq this year by pressing for a law defining the powers of provincial authorities and for provincial elections.

Powers and competences: The constitution will define the powers of the EU's main bodies: the supranational European commission, the directly elected European parliament and the European council.

The Rhetra purports to define the powers of the various Spartan groups and individuals just mentioned.

Either that, or the Supreme Court should reconsider last year's ruling on Paula Jones, and Congress should more narrowly define the powers of independent prosecutors.

The final version of Article II, which defined the powers of the judiciary, stated that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint" members of the federal judiciary.

Egypt awaits the writing of a new constitution that will define the powers of the president, but the office is expected to oversee foreign policy, possibly in consultation with military leaders.