Sentence examples for used its powers from inspiring English sources

It is the first time the FCA has used its powers to suggest a recommendation to the Competition and Markets Authority.

But El Proceso, as it was called, soon became known as the "dirty war," in which Argentina's military, like Chile's, used its powers to detain, torture, execute, and disappear anyone it suspected of ideological opposition.

It was the first time the commission had thus used its powers to intervene in a member's budgetary affairs.

It was indeed the first time the UN had used its powers to send suspects to the ICC since its establishment as the first permanent world criminal court in 2002.

The Bush administration has used its powers more egregiously by putting more incompetents in office.

But he said the agency heeded context and used its powers sparingly.

Meanwhile, speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel asked if the government had used "its power to prevent this man from entering Canada.

It used its power to fire executives and shake up operations, with dramatic results.

To buy those assets, it used its power to print money to create a large pool of bank reserves.

And it benefited when the United States used its power to fight for principle" during the Soviet era.

The next great power may not use its power as responsibly or judiciously as America has used its power over the decades since World War II".