Sentence examples for longer exercised from inspiring English sources

As Lever sums up the damage: "France's armies, hitherto reputed to be the best in Europe, had been defeated; the navy had to be rebuilt; France no longer exercised leadership in Europe; and the state coffers were hopelessly empty.

Power is no longer exercised over people but through them.

The privilege of access is no longer exercised, but it is possibly still retained by peers whether members of the House of Lords or not.

But by the early 1880s, this generation (including commanders such as the Duke of Caxias, the Count of Porto Alegre, and the Marquis of Erval) had died, were retired, or no longer exercised direct command.

Mumford goes on to argue that the "moral change that took place under capitalism can be summed up in the fact that human purposes, human needs, and human limits no longer exercised a directing and restraining influence upon industry: people worked, not to maintain life, but to increase money and power and to minister to the ego that found satisfaction in vast accumulations of money and power".

Indeed, Syria is losing sway in Lebanon, and Hezbollah no longer exercises the same level of control over state institutions as it once did.

Although the order no longer exercises territorial rule, it issues passports, and its sovereign status is recognized by the Holy See and some other Roman Catholic states.

It is possible that some New Yorkers remain unaware that July, 2008, marked the beginning of the International Year of the Organ, the King of Instruments no longer exercising quite the royal prerogative it once did.

We no longer exercise or walk up stairs, nor do our children bike to school or play outside, because they would prefer to play video games and watch television.

By Rebecca Mead Cameron Carpenter It is possible that some New Yorkers remain unaware that July, 2008, marked the beginning of the International Year of the Organ, the King of Instruments no longer exercising quite the royal prerogative it once did.

In describing this study, O'Keefe and Lavie note that "at about forty five minutes, a point of diminishing returns is reached whereby longer exercise efforts do not appear to translate into lower death risk".