Sentence examples for restricted the power from inspiring English sources

In earlier times acetylene gas was the only practicable illuminant, which restricted the power of the light.

He noted that a while only a handful of cases had restricted the power of Congress, under the Commerce Clause, the power to tax has almost always been upheld.

There is a reason many liberals called the Roberts' decision in NFIB a "pyrrhic victory;" Roberts restricted the power of the federal government to help working families.

He died in 1910 in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the unelected House of Lords.

A further concern is related to the limited numbers of experimental animals used, as sometimes this restricted the power of statistical analyses [ 35].

The Southern church, the Presbyterian Church in the United States, traditionally promoted local initiative and restricted the powers of all central agencies.

He also restricted the powers of the sultans and rajas, who take it in turns to serve as king and thus head of state.

The Act of Settlement 12 years later, which continues to ensure that no Catholic can sit on the throne and only recently saw its provision for male primogeniture expunged from the statute book, also further restricted the powers of the Crown.

"The criminal law should protect citizens' rights and restrict the power of the authorities.

Major demonstrations have called for increased civil rights and for constitutional reforms to restrict the power of the monarchy.

The government has plans to restrict the power to strike but their value to London is questionable.