Sentence examples for governing powers of from inspiring English sources

The president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (who had served as prime minister for most of the postindependence period), promptly declared a state of emergency and took over governing powers of the country.

… Are there no workhouses?" To me this is the best moment in A Christmas Carol, as Dickens sends a resounding message to the governing powers of his day (and, we may add, to our times, when one child in six leaves school unable to read fluently).

This has been suggested for Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, who impressed Socrates by identifying mind as the governing power of the universe.

Both property and liberty are held on such reasonable conditions as may be imposed by the governing power of the State in the exercise of those powers, and with such conditions the Fourteenth Amendment was not designed to interfere.

It is a lethal movement of the middle class supported by the governing power of the day.

Under this act the Commonwealth of Australia transferred most of its governing powers to the territory.

On July 21 , 1831 Leopold ascended the throne, promising to support the liberal constitution, which gave the greater part of the governing power to a parliament elected by property owners.

The US constitution was written to protect citizens generally, and minorities in particular, from the tyranny of governing powers.

We should look at it through the eyes of the governing powers in Iran and North Korea or like regimes who are inclined to secretly pursue weapons-grade material.

But by tying these treaty rights to gambling, Governor Thompson has pitted Indian governing powers against the new buffalo of casino gambling.

The administration has proposed to limit power plant emissions of toxic pollutants like mercury and impose new rules governing power plant emissions of greenhouse gases.