Sentence examples for empowered to decide from inspiring English sources

It was not empowered to decide on claims.

Immigration officers would be empowered to decide who could be expelled.

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak was a country where there was only one person to talk to, one person who was empowered to decide.

But Palestinian negotiators have said that they would settle for a "symbolic" right, with Israel empowered to decide who could actually return.

Kerslake cites the example of John Lewis, where individual staff are empowered to decide whether to grant a customer a refund up to a certain amount.

In Tuesday's suit, it argued that Mr. Paterson usurped the Legislature's authority as the sole branch of government empowered to decide what the state's definition of marriage is.

But who do we want to empower to decide whether Quentin Tarantino or a Grand Theft Auto goes over the line?

They are the ones we should now — and will now — empower to decide". The last time the federal government balked on addressing climate, during the administration of George W. Bush, California used the force of its giant economy to bolster the renewable energy industry and push other states in the same direction.

Philip designed a council of representatives from all the states (synedrion), which was empowered to deliberate and decide on action to be taken in the event of the peace being broken or threatened.

Mr. Webster testified that "the designated leader must be clearly and unambiguously empowered to act and to decide on issues of great importance to the success of the intelligence community".

That was a demand of senior Conservatives, including from within cabinet, who were anxious to avoid no deal, and were threatening to back the Cooper-Boles amendment which would have empowered MPs to decide the next steps, including requesting an extension to article 50.