Sentence examples for empowered to draw from inspiring English sources

This resulted in the state-level Adirondack Park Agency, which the Legislature empowered to draw up and apply land-use and development plans for the private holdings.

In Baghdad, Mr. Jafari said the committee empowered to draw up the constitutional mechanism might choose from any number of possibilities.

It is empowered to draw up a nationwide list of voters and to set up the sprawling infrastructure, thought to require 20,000 to 30,000 polling places, to hold elections.

While Castellano had hoped to arrange terms for Italy to join the United Nations against Nazi Germany, Smith was empowered to draw up an armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces, but he was unable to negotiate political matters.

While Castellano had hoped to arrange terms for Italy to join the United Nations, Smith was empowered to draw up an armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces, but was unable to negotiate political matters.

Mr. Paterson said the withheld funds were not "a cut" or an "impoundment" — perhaps drawing a legal distinction because only the Legislature is empowered to make permanent budget cuts.

The NRA was chiefly engaged in drawing up industrial codes for companies to adopt and was empowered to make voluntary agreements with companies regarding hours of work, rates of pay, and prices to charge for their products.

Court rulings undermining the Fourth Amendment and justifying invasive strip searches have left us powerless against police empowered to forcefully draw our blood, forcibly take our DNA, strip search us, and probe us intimately.

Court rulings undermining the Fourth Amendment and justifying invasive strip searches have left us powerless against police empowered to forcefully draw our blood, strip search us and probe us intimately.

Public disclosure of secret information is governed by strict rules drawn up by Congress, rules that Congress itself is empowered to enforce among its members.

Children who told their stories through writing, drawing, dancing, poetry, singing and other forms of creative expression felt affirmed and empowered to move forward.