Sentence examples for has direct powers from inspiring English sources

In addition, the central government has direct powers of control over the regional governments (e.g., the national Parliament can dissolve the legislative council of any state or territory).

De Blasio has direct power over New York City's $70bn budget and re-zoning policies, which, under Bloomberg, showered favors on a real estate industry bent on competing with London and Hong Kong at the expense of residential neighborhoods.

The strength of London's schools is also an issue for its mayors, albeit not one they have direct powers over.

People inside the system have direct power.

More than anyone else, they have direct power to influence the sustainability of society through their designs".

In a response to Friends of the Earth asking where Goldsmith stood on several green issues, he wrote that he did not have direct power over the fund: "But the mayor does have the power to appoint people to the [fund's] board.

The GNOME Foundation does not have direct power over the individual projects or developers, most of whom are either volunteers or paid employees of companies.

Of course, unlike elections, where we can influence the process with votes, we don't have direct power to demand a new class of punditry.

Some of the actors had direct power to write the policy, while others exercised indirect power by trying to influence what was written.

There are all sorts of delightfully named committees with the power to block parliamentary initiatives, such as the twelve-member Council of Guardians, a stunted upper house that has direct veto power over the Majlis, and the Expediency Council, which mediates disputes between the Majlis and the Guardians.

The CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, for example, has direct experience with the power of the late-nights.