Sentence examples for was then powerless from inspiring English sources

She lost six straight games to gift the set and an early break in the second to the Polish fourth seed, and was then powerless to mount a challenge as her forehand misfired and the mistakes started piling up.

The worst was saved until last, too, as England were trounced by nine wickets at the Wanderers to lose the Twenty20 series 2-0 aftheirheir final seven wickets fell for 14 runs on the way to 171 all out and they were then powerless to stop AB de Villiers (71) and Hashim Amla (69no) making a mockery of that target in an opening stand of 125 which took just 50 balls.

But if Mr. Thompson, as he suggested several times, was so powerless as board president then that would seem to make his argument that mayoral control would not have been possible were it not for "the work that I did" all the more weak.

But the referee was by then powerless to overrule his original decision.

The subordinates were then divided into two further groups: powerless and empowered.

And inequities within any one country upset the balance among nations: Poor, malnourished and unhealthy children make for poor and powerless States that are then at the mercy of stronger States.

If a government is powerless then what is the point of it?

"You become what you believe". For me, that meant if I believe I'm powerless, then I am.

Even then, he was powerless to stop the equaliser going in.

The election winner would then be powerless to rule England.

Advocates of the 2015 net neutrality rules say that defeats the point, as Internet providers could seek new ways around the net neutrality rules that the FCC would then be powerless to stop.