Sentence examples for exercise enormous power from inspiring English sources

In Haryana, developers make campaign donations to politicians and exercise enormous power.

We will continue to do everything we can to oppose the drift that currently exists towards an oligarchic form of society in which a handful of billionaires exercise enormous power over our political, economic and media life," he added.

An elaborate camouflage, it might serve to legitimate them both in the eyes of those over whom they were suddenly exercising or seeking to exercise enormous power, and in their own eyes as well.

Together with his brother, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, he exercised enormous power and helped overthrow governments from Iran to Guatemala to Congo.

Georgia's prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, has benefited from the support of the church, which exercises enormous power in the country, though usually behind the scenes.

For children? Historically, men have exercised enormous power over women's bodies through controlling their sexuality and reproduction.

The centurion exercised enormous power; he knew its efficacy.

It is a truly elite outfit that exercises enormous power over China's political apparatus.

"Saif" referred to Saif Gaddafi, the dictator's son and heir apparent, who exercised enormous power over the disposition of Libyan oil contracts.

But the man himself -- as well as a clear picture of how he intends to exercise the enormous power he has been accumulating -- remains elusive.

This is a man who, when asked how he would exercise the "enormous power" of the presidency, basically said he would consult Dick Cheney.