Sentence examples for largely powerless from inspiring English sources

Rowley's ships had some successes: one of the East Indiamen captured by Hamelin was retaken by a blockading frigate in December 1809, but he was largely powerless to prevent the large French ships leaving their fortified anchorages at will.

But the councils met only after months of delay and they are largely powerless.

Defections have mostly been from the lower ranks of the army and government, both largely powerless.

Government officials have complained that they are largely powerless against the better-armed militants.

If the Assembly's backbenchers are upset, they are also largely powerless.

But he has also acknowledged that the Council is weak and its presidency largely powerless.

If knowledge is power, Stringfellow's findings show that when it comes to fracking, the general public is largely powerless.

In the House, under the rule of Republicans, the minority is largely powerless to do anything but protest.

A decade earlier, Senator Edward M. Kennedy challenged President Jimmy Carter to the dismay of the largely powerless Democratic establishment.

In a possible sign of cracks in the government's facade, two members of Syria's largely powerless Parliament resigned on Saturday.

Foreign governments are largely powerless to police China's program because of stringent limits placed on investigations by the Chinese government.