Sentence examples for potency as a from inspiring English sources

But they are still skeptical of the intelligence matter's overall potency as a political weapon for the Democrats.

With increasing social mobility, regional affiliation has lost some of its potency as a vote-gathering tool.

Several years ago, Volkswagen realized that its potency as a brand had a lot to do with the ghost of its oddly endearing Beetle.

Kiefer's grand, darkly ironic works on mythic and political themes, including disasters of the Third Reich, revived painting's long-dormant potency as a medium of historical imagination.

The myth has potency as a universal acknowledgement of the principles that the sovereign is not above the law and that sovereignty lies with the people through parliament.

Well, if history is any guide, it is more likely that same-sex marriage may lose its potency as a political issue.

No appeals to European solidarity or the rights of man have the same potency as a call to defend national borders.

SOMETHING curious is happening on the right of American politics: immigration is losing its potency as a driver of voter anger.

And their potency as a united political force was undermined by the fallout from the overthrow of the ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013, a move that left Egyptians highly polarised.

Sceptics often predicted that these diplomatic achievements would never make it into the real world; John Major, a British prime minister, once said that the pledge to create the euro had about the same potency as a rain-dance.

Their politics may not be credible, but their potency as an electoral force certainly is.