Sentence examples for grab of power from inspiring English sources

"This is an unprecedented grab of power.

It all escalated to the point at which opportunists grabbed control of power.

He added: "This is the most important issue facing this country, the issue of whether we continue with our nuclear defence, and you have to make clear whether you are prepared to put the principle of our nuclear defence ahead of any grab for power and stitching together with a coalition".

Our general support for the Libyan rebels may be good, but the use of the military just looks like a grab for power to much of the rest of the world.

Henry IV (the expert Richard Easton) has usurped the throne of Richard II a grab for power that preys both on his mind and on the legitimacy of his sovereignty.

Or might that seem too much of a grab for power to Florida voters, and if so, might not public pressure prompt the Legislature to stay its hand?

Although the Brexit case was not an example of judicial overreach, Lord Howard said there was evidence of a "judicial grab for power".

Nepal has seen a decade-long civil war; two postponed elections; a massacre of the royal family; the grabbing of absolute power by the king and the handing back of it again; and most recently, victory in elections by Maoist former guerrillas.

Or as Caroline Spelman put it, "to grab the baton of power".

But Hughes is not taking a back seat in this coalition, having finally seen his party grab a slice of power.

If Mr Allawi can use an iron fist to achieve that, they are very likely to back him.There is not much time, which is why he has, quite sensibly, been so quick to grab the trappings of power so ostentatiously.