Sentence examples for fierce powers from inspiring English sources

The defendants have had years to arrange their affairs although the representation order potentially makes other people liable too, and the criminal-assets bureau in the Irish Republic, where all four men live, has particularly fierce powers to seize the proceeds of crime or terrorism.In 2007 Sean Hoey, the only person ever to be tried for the atrocity, was acquitted in Belfast.

And she combined that attitude with a scholar's fierce powers of observation, which are evident in this documentary's best asset: long clips of film of children dancing in Eatonville and of preachers and carpenters at work, shot by Hurston herself during her field research.

THAILAND'S government and opposition are locked in a fierce power struggle.

Behind it lies a fierce power struggle inside the ruling party.

They have the fierce power of the former and the quirky singularity of the latter.

Tall (6 feet, 1 inch) and skinny (158 pounds), he moves about the court with a casual, almost languid grace that belies the fierce power of his game.

His assassination has exposed a fierce power struggle within Frelimo, the ruling party, between the former president, who remains head of the party, and his successor.

MAURICE LUCAS DIES Maurice Lucas, the fierce power forward who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 N.B.A. title, died on Sunday after a long fight with bladder cancer.

His election to the presidency in 1978 by a narrow margin amid charges of fraud prompted a fierce power struggle among conservative military and civilian groups.

His release coincided with a fierce power struggle between his clan and Mr. Riina's mob, a bloodbath that cost him many relatives, including two sons.

Its president and prime minister are locked in a fierce power struggle, and its energy industry is mired in shady political and business dealings.