Sentence examples for impotence of the from inspiring English sources

"This is a result of the impotence of the government.

For opponents of the bill, the impotence of the antitax arguments has been a revelation.

But it also pointed up the impotence of the king's position: he had no executive power.

8.36pm: The main story in the Championship has been the impotence of the top sides.

America went ahead with the airlift anyway, in part to demonstrate the impotence of the oil weapon (with mixed results).

The honesty about the impotence of the police against drug smuggling also rules the book out as a whodunnit.

Mélenchon's popularity owes as much to the growth of the far-right as it does to the impotence of the center left.

The impotence of the police, military and security services so far indicates that the Abuja government does not have the ability or resources to destroy Boko Haram.

Robustly condemning the Government and SFO stance, the judges said: "So bleak a picture of the impotence of the law invites at least dismay, if not outrage".

World War II, and the relative impotence of the United Nations, convinced successive administrations that America had to fill the breach, and we did so, with great success.

Although the government called him the main impediment to peace and suspended him without pay, he was allowed to move freely, exposing the impotence of the authorities here.