Sentence examples for given considerable powers from inspiring English sources
The dreadful thing was that the responsible chief, and a number of other SS men who unfortunately had been given considerable powers, were able to abuse the loyal attitude which is so typical of the German soldier.
And yet in Laws, the Athenian visitor proposes a detailed legislative framework for a city in which non-philosophers (people who have never heard of the forms, and have not been trained to understand them) are given considerable powers as rulers.
In Afghanistan, however, Mr. Brahimi has been given considerable power by the Council.
Local collectives have been given considerable power, including the authority to initiate projects and bid for central government funds.
Judges are given considerable power, through contempt of court provisions, to enforce respect for the law and order in their courtrooms.
The committee was given considerable power by the full board, which earlier this year voted to move ahead with the plans but left the choice of sites and preliminary designs to the committee.
The current constitution, introduced in 1975 following the collapse of the 1967 74 military dictatorship, initially gave considerable powers to the president, but revisions to the constitution in 1986 made presidential powers largely ceremonial.
Instead of a federal system, the NTC and el-Keib's government have called for decentralization that would give considerable powers to municipal and local governments - but not such large states - while preserving a strong central government in Tripoli.
That gives considerable power to drug manufacturers, medical providers and health insurance companies to influence policy and practices.
The official ideology was Marxist, and the party structure gave considerable power to trade unionists and rank-and-file members.
The other, made up of conservative federalists who were largely Hungarian, Czech, and Polish nobles, wished to weaken the central government and give considerable power to the provinces.
