Sentence examples for power to adopt from inspiring English sources

California is the only state with the power to adopt emissions controls.

By 8 Del.C. §§ 141 and 122(13), the board clearly had the power to adopt the measure.

But plaintiff argues that the stockholders having delegated to the directors authority to adopt by-laws lost the power to adopt the one in question.

Article 118a provides the Community's legislative power to adopt directives to improve, especially in the working environment, the health and safety of workers.

The typical statutory scheme vests a given local governmental body with the power to adopt a zoning plan for the region under its control.

Should the war be continued, the United States, regarding its occurrences, will always have it in their power to adopt such measures respecting it as their honor and interest may require.

As a result, the Treaty of Rome gave the organs of the Community sweeping powers to adopt the measures necessary to promote economic integration.

In most cases, they possess quasi-legislative powers to adopt rules and quasi-judicial powers to decide cases independently of the White House.

The demonstrators "called on the political powers to adopt a peaceful dialogue to end the current crisis and maintain the nation's unity and security," Saba said.

But his somber plea for the major nuclear powers to adopt an abolitionist agenda before the minor nuclear players do us all in, written well before Sept. 11 shattered our false sense of security, comes freighted with a poignant urgency.

Obama can still use his executive powers to adopt rules that will help improve the lives of most Americans even in the face of Tuesday's election results.