Sentence examples for powers being from inspiring English sources

3 Why were these powers being sought?

"Even MPs are powerless to prevent such powers being enacted.

It is all about more powers being devolved to Holyrood and those EVEL plans.

She pointed to the extension of powers being given to the agriculture and shellfish sectors.

He said the Tories were wrong to worry about powers being ceded to Brussels.

The latter is assumed to be like a power both near the origin and at infinity (the two powers being possibly different).

He said the Dutch and the Germans supported the idea of EU powers being repatriated to nation states.

The grand plan has always foreseen the new, more extensive powers being conferred on Matteo Renzi, not on Beppe Grillo.

Because it suggests a president, yet again, who doesn't agree with his own powers being limited or even questioned.

He would also have more authority than ever, thanks to the new powers being given to speed the rebuilding.

"But when push came to shove it became clear that the surveillance powers being proposed we disproportionate".