Sentence examples for power retained from inspiring English sources

Finishing 12th, Will Power retained the overall points lead in the series.

Though he finished second on the road course, Power retained the overall lead in the IndyCar series.

Ḥafṣid power retained its vigour under ʿUthmān (1435 88), despite a rebellion (1435 52), but, after his reign, dynastic struggles heralded the decline of Ḥafṣid power.

This blueprint includes an abandonment of the settlement in the 1998 Scotland Act which "held to the orthodoxy that Westminster is sovereign and that power devolved is power retained".

The right of appeal to Britain's privy council was replaced by the domestic court of final appeal, with a power retained to refer vexing issues to the PRC for a ruling or determination.

In a measure of the scalding power retained by the Central Park jogger case 13 years after the attack, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has asked two prominent lawyers to review the department's new inquiry into the crime, law enforcement officials said yesterday.

Russia, though in some respects a declining power, retains a huge nuclear arsenal.

The mother-child relation is then a kind of revised neo-Hegelian struggle for power, retaining the aim of mutual recognition or respect, but risking domination and rebellion.

Mr Maliki monopolised power, retaining the defence, interior and intelligence portfolios and setting up special units under his own direct orders.

The communists did not immediately relinquish power, retaining control of key ministries, including foreign affairs, defense and interior.

There is a board that exercises certain administrative powers retained by the national government and that is headed by a governor appointed by the Finnish president upon agreement with the speaker of the Lagtinget.