Sentence examples for powers in the face of from inspiring English sources

There is also skepticism about the extent of Mr. Papademos's powers in the face of the country's ills.

Hong Kong's legislature, even at the best of times, has feeble powers in the face of a strong executive.

Many in Yemen's own government say the conflict is less about controlling terrain — always a tenuous prospect in this tribally splintered country — than about Mr. Saleh's struggle to reassert his military powers, in the face of widening insurgencies and intensifying political rivalry in the capital.

He gained the crown by usurpation and successfully consolidated his power in the face of repeated uprisings of powerful nobles.

"We want it to be a virtual factory floor where we're thinking about how can we build collective power in the face of financial markets that are almighty and powerful," Hanna said.

Antibiotics are losing their power in the face of microbial resistance.

This is partly in recognition of the limits of their power in the face of American determination.

THE leaders of both Israel and Palestine are beefing up their power in the face of momentous challenges expected in 2005.

Here we would have a Sunni leader trying to retain power in the face of a Shia revolt.

"Or the Chinese Communist party trying to consolidate power in the face of the massive transference of wealth and growth of wealth among 1.25bn people".

In June, 1939, he again told Benjamin, "We live in terror," and spoke of the "capitulation of the English" — the Mandate power — "in the face of violence".