Sentence examples for holds considerable power from inspiring English sources
Outside the prisons, however, in what brothers call "the free world," the UAB still holds considerable power.
the plaintiff is typically in some respect particularly vulnerable and dependent upon the defendant who, correspondingly, holds considerable power over the plaintiff's welfare.
The idea of the solitary reader and the solitary writer, connected only by the marks on the page, still holds considerable power, even if reading habits have never in reality been so simple and pristine.
Mr. Martelly, a popular singer who holds considerable power to defuse the electoral crisis paralyzing this country, spent Friday in his gated house strategizing with advisers and analyzing that he described as "several propositions" put forth by mediating parties.
But the sessions also included Ali Akbar Natheh-Nouri, the conservative Speaker of Parliament who was the surprise loser in last year's presidential elections, and Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former President, who still holds considerable power.
Many people attended to show their support, waving signs that said, "We stand together with Mother Suu". In the decades-long fight for democracy in Burma, the military was Suu Kyi's greatest foe, and it still holds considerable power, even though her party won elections in 2015.
Mayors hold considerable power but are constantly involved in legislative battles with the 51 members of the City Council.
For most of the 19th century, a series of Pashtun emirs and kings ruled the country, but tribal leaders held considerable power.
The plan is backed by Somalia's interim government, but the Islamists hold considerable power after defeating American-backed warlords last month.
