Sentence examples for were not empowered from inspiring English sources

Lecturers were not empowered to impose their views on the students.

The problem was not that regulators were not empowered, the problem was that they were not alarmed.

In vetoing the bill, Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. maintained that the aldermen were not empowered to ban smoking.

State education officials were not empowered by the legislature to really run the district, but they did have power to remove school board members and publicize Roosevelt's every flaw.

But that reconciliation was only made possible because the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions were not empowered to grant forgiveness to anyone who didn't admit what they'd done wrong.

In lauding him, we erase the stories of women throughout history who were not empowered to write memoirs of their experiences, and haven't had museums dedicated to their memory.

The union president is not empowered to make unilateral decisions.

It was not empowered to decide on claims.

"I am not empowered to hire anyone," he said.

Also, young people are not empowered these days at all.

"I am not empowered to provide them with financial help; I am not empowered to lower the rents and taxes," he said.