Sentence examples for many prerogatives from inspiring English sources

A chief had many prerogatives and sumptuary privileges and in turn was expected to administer efficiently and to tend to the social and ritual affairs that ensured the general welfare and prestige of the group.

How do you feel now? A. I said this because last year was not an easy year for me, to be the leader, to try to get through these reforms, because the members of the I.O.C., when they were elected, they had a lot of powers and prerogatives and to convince them it was time to change and to give up many prerogatives, like the visits to the bidding cities for the Olympic Games and so on, was not easy.

No other vice president in our history has taken on so many presidential prerogatives, with so few checks.

During the revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule (1568 1609), the States General met without Spanish sanction in 1576 and became the central organ of a general Netherlands union; many sovereign prerogatives were then arrogated to it.

When Peter II died (1730), Golitsyn urged the Supreme Privy Council to offer the throne to Duchess Anna Ivanovna of Courland, a niece of Peter I, provided that she accept a set of "conditions" that he had composed, transferring many crucial prerogatives of the autocrat to the council.

Many Crown prerogatives have fallen out of use or have been permanently transferred to Parliament.

"There clearly was an era, a long era, when sexualized requests and aggression were seen as part of many men's prerogatives in the workplace".

Egypt's generals, who seized power at Mr. Mubarak's ouster and who relinquished it to Mr. Morsi only in August, retain many of their prerogatives.

Full sovereignty was achieved only gradually in West Germany; many powers and prerogatives, including those of direct intervention, were retained by the Western powers and devolved to the West German government only as it was able to become economically and politically stable.

Mr. Bush's veto — the ninth of his presidency, but the eighth in the past 10 months with Democrats in control of Congress — underscored his determination to preserve many of the executive prerogatives his administration has claimed in the name of fighting terrorism, and to enshrine them into law.

She was given her own court based at Ludlow Castle and many of the royal prerogatives normally reserved for the Prince of Wales.