Sentence examples for increased the powers from inspiring English sources

Mr Rajapaksa had increased the powers of the presidency at the expense of those of the parliament.

The act also increased the powers of immigration officers to arrest and detain people, and expanded the use of immigration detention.

A somewhat blurry creation, it increased the powers of investigators and prosecutors that had been established under the 1996 Anti-Terrorism Act (passed after the Oklahoma City bombing).

But he (and the two senators he had at a time) provided the deciding votes to pass a bill that dramatically increased the powers of the government to implement its offshore processing policy while avoiding the reach of the UN convention on refugees.

Sir Malcolm also said those calling for more scrutiny "seemed to have forgotten" that the government had "dramatically increased" the powers of the committee.

Again this shows that the colonial economy did not create a niche for the Borana women but increased the powers of male figures over the women in the community.

And having made his point, he gradually increased the power.

Fiscal and monetary policy measures over the past year have increased the power of the state, not diminished it".

Increasing the FR increased the power consumption.

It also increased the power of the Federal Reserve Board to regulate interest rates.

"Your mainstream media deception here only increased the power of InfoWars". .