Sentence examples for prerogatives from inspiring English sources

Related: For David Cameron, the best answer to the Europe question is a quick one | Andrew Rawnsley Moreover, although the day-to-day running of the government is in the hands of the Polish PM, Ewa Kopacz, the country's constitution grants the president significant prerogatives in the spheres of foreign and defence policy as well as veto power over parliamentary legislation.

They're just interested in protecting their own power and prerogatives.

That didn't happen in Britain, where reforming governments wrestled royal prerogatives away from the monarch, and kept most to themselves.

With two senators for each state regardless of population, the Senate reflects the founders' dread of an over-mighty centre and the states' determination to entrench their prerogatives.

On this recommendation, Mr Bush needs to insist on his prerogatives as custodian of America's foreign policy and just say no.

"Cuba's president has taken appropriate steps in accordance with his prerogatives and powers," he wrote stiffly in a letter released on January 26th.

Alternatively, they could choose a political grandee capable of taking the world stage, but liable to snaffle prerogatives from national governments in the process.

The Supreme Court struck down several federal laws on the ground that they infringe states' constitutional prerogatives.

In a union of sovereign countries, prerogatives in foreign affairs are jealously guarded.

If the court orders a new round of bidding or increases the lenders' take, it will establish a precedent that MLB's prerogatives cannot trump those of an insolvent club's creditors.

However, his plan is unpopular with state governments, always sensitive to incursions into their prerogatives.