Sentence examples for granted special powers from inspiring English sources

When blond, spiky-haired Yugi, a weak and unassuming teenager, solves the mysterious Millennium Puzzle, he is granted special powers that are activated when he plays games.

Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, was granted special powers today that would enable him to cancel the Salt Lake City Games.

Andrew Parker, the new director general of MI5, should be slower to employ this foolish, self-serving rhetoric that naively raises a perfectly legitimate question: how should we ensure that those privileged to be granted special powers to intrude into everything that is private serve a real public interest, rather than the dangerously false god of securitisation for its own sake?

The new regime was instituted after the enactment of Decree Law 3541 of 1980, which granted special powers to the Head of State to restructure the country's universities.

In November, Mr Maduro was granted special powers to govern by decree for a year to deal with the economic crisis.

In the meantime, the current members of the National Assembly have little wiggle room, as Mr Maduro was granted special powers to pass laws without the Assembly's previous approval.

And if the court granted special power for this "emergency," Thomas asked later, what's to stop state government from labeling any disagreeable financial arrangement an emergency and opting out of its obligations?

The government-backed bill, which now needs to be reconciled with a similar one passed by the Senate, would also allow the president to grant special powers to military commanders over civilian authorities during war operations.

Customers and staff scuttle home early to beat a 9pm curfew that started on August 21st in Port of Spain and three other towns as part of a nationwide state of emergency imposed by Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.The aim of the emergency, which grants special powers to the police and army, is to try to break the island's violent criminal gangs.

Venezuela's National Assembly has paved the way to granting special powers for President Nicolas Maduro.

The player can also collect equipment items which grant special powers.