Sentence examples for upon the powers from inspiring English sources

"He's encroaching upon the powers of the attorney general merely because of a difference of opinion, to accommodate a political agenda".

Suppose that one agrees with Millikan (1984) that the representational content of a state depends, in part, upon the powers of the systems that consume that state.

That solidarity is ultimately historical, for it is only by being able to draw upon the powers of the past and future that the human being can survive the crises of their present.

For him, then, the key to human freedom is the capacity both to found the new and draw upon the powers encapsulated in bodies of time past which enable us to live in a present in which we feel blessed by the future.

Now, everyone from the right to the left is calling upon the powers that be to reinstate Sherrod.

An African blacksmith calls upon the powers of the earth, fire, water and wind to return his son, captured by slavers and taken far away.

The growth of democracy imposed important limitations upon the power of the sovereign and of the ruling classes.

The hope that the Virgin Mary represents, however, will not fail, because it rests upon the power of God.

In order to compel communities to change their behaviours, and stop pooing outdoors, certain NGOs have drawn upon the power of shame and disgust.

"NO HUMAN authority", wrote Balzac, "can encroach upon the power of an investigating judge; nothing can stop him; no one can control him".

The experience convinced Midhat of the necessity of a permanent check upon the power of the sultan, such as could be provided by a representative assembly that would give ministers a basis of support independent of the sultan.