Sentence examples for has extensive powers from inspiring English sources

For one thing, the speaker has extensive powers over the legislative programme.

The IPT has extensive powers to demand to see all relevant intelligence and evidence.

As inspector general, Mr. Barofsky has extensive powers of investigation but no enforcement power.

The prime minister is the head of government and has extensive powers but must be able to command the confidence of the legislative branch.

Through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the international community has extensive powers to detect any Iranian move in the direction of acquiring nuclear weapons.

Robert J. Pushaw, a professor at Pepperdine Law School in Malibu, Calif., said that, if precedent was any guide, the courts were also likely to assume that the administration has extensive powers to protect the country and will not misuse them.

At issue is the role of a Pentagon office called the "convening authority," which oversees the military prosecutors and has extensive power over the defense lawyers and judges in the cases against Guantánamo detainees.

But some home educators claim local authorities already have extensive powers and are not exercising these fully.

Security forces in Northern Ireland (and the rest of the United Kingdom) have long had extensive powers to combat terrorism.

In the Middle Ages the Italian barons had extensive powers of jurisdiction within their domains and could inflict the death penalty.

Within that band, coastal states have extensive powers over foreign shipping and absolute rights over fish and seabed resources such as oil and gas.