Sentence examples similar to maintained sweeping powers from inspiring English sources

Mr. Morsi then seized sweeping powers.

"These are not new powers, they're not sweeping powers, they're powers that are clearly defined," he told reporters.

It gives the army sweeping powers, including that of investigation, search, arrest and detention.

The school governance law granting the mayor sweeping powers is about to expire.

It gives civilian and military authorities sweeping powers to arrest, suppress and snoop on citizens.

A new constitution in 1933 gave sweeping powers to the president.

One gave the president, rather than the legislature, sweeping powers to appoint judges and prosecutors, pending their popular election.

The mayor of Paris works from a neo-renaissance mansion, enjoys sweeping powers, and employs 55,000 people.

Investigating judges, who enjoy sweeping powers under French law, began to bug Mr Sarkozy's phone in September 2013.

The screws will be further tightened under a bill to give the national spy agency sweeping powers to monitor citizens.

Last December, Kenya introduced a draconian security bill that gave agencies including the ATPU sweeping powers to combat terrorism.