Sentence examples for have direct power from inspiring English sources

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.

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

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.

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

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).

During the political conflict between Boniface and King Philip IV the Fair of France, Giles wrote, in 1301, a defense of the pope, De ecclesiastica potestate ("On the Church Power"); he proposed that the pope must have direct political power over the whole of mankind.

This assembly is the first to have direct law-making powers but Mr Jones was cautious about the prospect of seeking further powers without assurances on funding.