Sentence examples for mean the power from inspiring English sources

The law was passed by parliament more than a year ago, but delays mean the power can not be used.

"Just because the power hasn't been exercised, of course, does not mean the power does not exist," she said.

But in 2010 Sir Malcolm Jack, then clerk to the Commons, said the passage of time since 1666 did not necessarily mean the power had evaporated.

"I mean, the power of voices is that they are people, that there's no instrument between them and us, that they're just telling us something.

By that really I mean the power dynamic and racism that was making the accumulation of wealth possible for the Afrikaaner families.

Yet that does not mean the power of the internet to subvert the existing order has entirely disappeared; indeed, as French author Renaud de Spens argues, it is still promoting values inimical to China's one-party dictatorship – ideas of choice, competition and customer service.

Could he mean the power-plant rule that keeps mercury out of children's lungs, perhaps?

Could it have anything to do with an imbalance in the Force, er, I mean, the power-flow of the world caused by Cob's quest?

This also means the power to secretly imprison.

That means the power play, ranked 28th overall in the NHL this year, must improve.

This sacrament confers upon candidates the power over the sacred, which means the power to administer the sacraments.