Sentence examples for taking more power from inspiring English sources

"The EU has been taking more power for 35 years and [election] turnout keeps falling".

Other key changes include the Secretary of State taking more power to intervene in under-performing schools and the narrowing of the focus of Ofsted inspections.

Since sexual shock and awe is getting harder to pull off, maybe its time women in rock shifted back to taking more power away from the guys in other ways.

Q: But if the EU does not propose Brussels taking more powers, there won't be a referendum.

When Boris Yeltsin let regional governors take more power, they made a mockery of federalism.

"A single data center can take more power than a medium-size town".

"The grid failed because of the overloading of the power," he said, contending that "many states" try to take more power than scheduled.

Low fuel prices over the past few years have led to increased demand for larger vehicles, which take more power to move and offer a bigger profit margin.

"If the purpose is saving more energy, why would you want to put something on that takes more power?" said Kevin Schader, a spokesman for the Zigbee Alliance, which provides wireless technology for GE appliances.

(Hofer was a bit more circumspect on this last point. He said he'd a call referendum if the European Parliament took more power, or if Turkey joined the Union).

The only way that devolution will be a success is if local politicians are able to take more power to develop and implement creative, exciting ways to improve local people's lives.