Sentence examples for prerogatives on from inspiring English sources

In response, the British Parliament purchased sovereignty over the island in 1765 and acquired the Atholl family's remaining prerogatives on the island in 1828.

With the case presenting "a stark conflict between federal and state policy prerogatives on a matter of literally life-and-death significance," as judges on the First Circuit panel noted this fall, the full court was right to leave Mr. Pleau in the state prison until it resolves the case after full deliberation.

A studious and skilled actress best known for her recent turn on Broadway as Golda Meir, a determined woman asserting her prerogatives on a stage even grander than Dolly's, Ms. Feldshuh may be using an accent to reorient our perceptions of a character, but she is not distorting that character to serve her own ends.

Re-asserting "the legislature's constitutional prerogatives on war and peace" as a check and balance against the near monopoly of the "imperial presidency" on the use of force is thus her most important recommendation.

(Sullivan's defense was also slightly redundant, since her predecessor wrote a piece on the prerogatives of Times' critics one day before his departure and her appointment were announced in July; I registered dismay then as well).

Trickiest of all, however, will be to figure out a way for the court to finger an alleged culprit without treading on the prerogatives of the UN Security Council, which is supposed to decide on all matters of war and peace.Eventually a mechanism may be agreed that involves the council.

"Prior to the 17th Amendment, the state legislatures' ability and authority to select senators was a powerful check on the federal government coming and intruding on the prerogatives of the state," he said.

But the flip-side of the government's prerogative on action is that it is judged on it and the time of judgment is nigh.

Coventry, who was raised to the peerage in 1628, was loyal to Charles I and a firm supporter of the royal prerogative on such issues as ship money.

Bonds, who watched Bobby Brown perform "My Prerogative" on "The Tyra Banks Show" before agreeing to be interviewed, was surly about questions related to what could be looming.

Bobby may have had presidential prerogative on his side, but Hoover could wield files full of allegations about Jack and others.