Sentence examples for power claimed from inspiring English sources

But people in power claimed ignorance.

Scottish Power claimed she owed them £345.21 for past usage.

Within each of those spheres the controlling major power claimed exclusive privileges of investment, and it was feared that each would likewise seek to monopolize the trade.

Thus, by holding that the states possess the power claimed in this case to exist, not only will a wrong be committed, but that wrong will be permanently and without remedy ingrafted into our constitutional system.

Thomas Jefferson warned that accepting constitutional judicial review — a power claimed by the judiciary but nowhere conferred upon it in the constitutional text — would place the nation "under the despotism of an oligarchy".

Politics here twisted into chaos today as an American diplomat was arrested along with a senior Serbian official, both accused of espionage, and every person in power claimed outrage and ignorance about what had happened.

Your party came to power claiming that Mary Bloggs would be left free to teach.

Abbott came to power claiming that economic management was in his DNA.

Whoever you vote for, the same people win, because where power claims to be is not where power is.

And in places where people have grabbed power claiming to represent the poor (Venezuela, Bolivia), the first result has often been swingeing taxes on land or raw materials.

But Reclaim Power claims it is also the single biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the UK, pumping out 20.8m tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.