Sentence examples for granting itself from inspiring English sources

In a grim augury for the future of the country's revolution, the military council issued a decree on Sunday night granting itself sweeping new powers, including oversight over legislation and the ability to appoint a committee drafting the new constitution.

The next day Italy's cabinet met to discuss granting itself new powers to block foreign bids for "strategic" companies.With annual sales of €8.5 billion ($11.3 billion), Lactalis is twice Parmalat's size.

The first roll of the die came in December 2012 when Instagram updated its terms of service, granting itself the right to sell users' photos without notification or compensation.

An environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued the department after the last round of tank closures, arguing that the radioactive material left behind could eventually enter soil and groundwater, and that the department was granting itself too much discretion in deciding how clean was clean enough.

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood early Monday projected its candidate, an Islamist, as the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential election, hours after the ruling military council issued an interim constitution granting itself broad power over the future government, all but eliminating the president's authority in an apparent effort to guard against just such a victory.

In a grim augury for the future of the country's revolution, the military council issued a decree late on Sunday night granting itself sweeping new powers, including oversight of legislation and the ability to appoint a committee drafting the new constitution.

"The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to.

They note that Congress imposed similar limits on spending in the 1980s and '90s, only to grant itself repeated exceptions.

The federal government granted itself jurisdiction over interstate child support cases in 1992, but federal prosecutors initially showed little interest.

The US authorities appeared to be allowing it to prop itself up by allowing it to grant itself bridging loans to get through the immediate current crisis.

As the parliamentary vote approached, the military attempted to grant itself some permanent political powers, a move that had sparked the current round of protests.