Sentence examples for remaining powers from inspiring English sources

Since the mayoral takeover, the local school boards have declined in influence, with zoning among their few remaining powers.

What luck for government as they seek to pick off councils' remaining powers under the guise of localism.

He will have to insist that Yasir Arafat yield most of his remaining powers to his new prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen.

The national constitution enumerates the powers granted to the central government; the remaining powers are reserved to the intermediate governments at the state or provincial level.

The commission recently outlined plans to limit the remaining powers of national governments to block trade in goods within the EU.

He complained that the remaining powers had to be reviewed on an inflexible annual schedule, as a result of which he was operating at the limit of his (part-time) capacity.

The remaining power stations would pay the winning bidder to shut.

The remaining power output is produced by hydroelectric and nuclear plants.

Their heydey might be over but Stezaker channels their remaining power in new, thrilling directions.

Hydroelectric stations in the southwestern and south-central part of Kentucky provide the bulk of the remaining power.

The remaining power would be clipped off.