Sentence examples for to reduce the powers of from inspiring English sources

The current Senate has stymied attempts by Mr. Klaus, an outspoken critic of Mr. Havel, to reduce the powers of the presidency.

But since the most important would be to reduce the powers of his own office, it is by no means certain he will do this.

He outwitted the Spartans when they attempted to prevent Athens from rebuilding its defensive walls, but he failed to induce the people either to transfer their capital to Piraeus or, at that time, to reduce the powers of the Areopagus.

In late 1774 he reversed Louis XV's and Chancellor René Maupeou's controversial attempt to reduce the powers of the parlements that had been undertaken in 1771; this decision was popular but placed obstacles in the way of any major reforms.

The European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) criticized the practice and the Hungarian government modified the law on the judiciary to reduce the powers of the head of the National Judicial Office.

In New Delhi, top Indian officials convened to weigh proposals to reduce the powers of the armed forces and ease tight security measures in some districts of the region as steps to defuse the crisis.

He was under pressure to reduce the power of Tajiks, who dominated the interim cabinet, holding the powerful defense, foreign and interior ministries.

This column has explored before the determination of managements to reduce the power of editors.

The agenda behind Ergenekon is to reduce the power of the military".

And that is to reduce the power of central government over them.

Ismail Khan was a test case in Karzai's effort to reduce the power of the warlords.