Sentence examples for powers to act from inspiring English sources

It also gives local authorities new powers to act to prevent racial harassment on housing estates.

That said, the UK taxman was not entirely without powers to act.

Heading an army of 60,000 men, with full powers to act, he devised and carried out an excellent strategy.

Authorities need to be given greater powers to act against any form of hate and intolerance," he added.

Whether those reports were intended, in part, to prod Western powers to act is impossible to know.

Woodhead's response to the revelation was simply that it was within his powers to act as he did.

"They just have no power to act.

"Alan Johnson still has the power to act.

Counties have no power to act on their own.

The Fed alone has the power to act.

We have the power to act and therefore have responsibility.