The wealthier and more developed countries constitute the bank's major shareholders and thus exercise greater power and influence.
The Congress Party and its allies hold a majority in the lower house, but not in the Rajya Sabha, where smaller, regional parties can often exercise greater power.
He exercised great power over Poland.
Parliamentary intrigue prevented Gambetta from being elected president of the republic, but he became president of the Chamber of Deputies, a position in which he exercised great power.
Jews also figured prominently in the government; in fact, a Jewish convert to Islam, Ibn Killis, was the first Fāṭimid vizier and is credited with laying the foundations of the Fāṭimid administrative system, in which the viziers exercised great power.
The railroad companies, which were loosely regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), exercised great power in California because of the lack of alternate means of shipping freight.
By the time of Nero, however, it was not unusual to find a former slave who was richer than a freeborn citizen, or an equestrian who exercised greater power than a senator.
On February 17th Walgreens, a big American drugstore chain, agreed to buy Duane Reade, a rival with debts of $457m, for $618m.As well as catching a turn in the market and seeing potential cost savings from his rigorous management, Mr Simon no doubt also scents an opportunity to exercise greater market power over retailers.
As the director of the royal Prussian museums from 1906 to 1920, Bode was able to exercise much greater power than Waagen and worked with considerably enhanced resources.
