Sentence examples for powers to close from inspiring English sources

The FSA will have wider powers to close down firms.

Police will get powers to close down brothels where there is evidence of trafficking.

It forms part of a wider package of reforms to tackle street prostitution, including prosecuting first-time kerb crawlers and implementing stronger police powers to close down brothels.

He has used his environmental regulatory powers to close 7,865 acres around reservoirs to development, and to impose buffers along 69 miles of rivers and streams.

Fines have been increased for dealers trading in stolen metal and police have been given new powers to close unlicensed scrap yards.

Consumer rights campaigners are calling on ministers to introduce new powers to close down the firms behind the scams, which are known as Information, Connection and Signposting Services (ICSS).

This has unlimited power to close broadcasters and newspapers, confiscate equipment, withdraw licenses and impose fines.

Only the State Legislature actually had the power to close Fresh Kills.

Sweden has a good record of nuclear safety; its government has the power to close dangerous plants without notice.

A new law now restricts domestic ones and gives the government power to close down their foreign counterparts.

We passed a new law that gives ministers the power to close public bodies associated with their department.