Sentence examples for were powers from inspiring English sources
noun
Ability to coerce, influence or control. Ability to affect or influence.
There were powers behind the throne, and the Ministry of Railways was one.
Can regulations set in the days when newspapers were powers unto themselves still apply in the age of interaction and self-publishing, or is there a danger that the Times gets left behind because it is too rule-bound?
The lengths of these shot windows were powers of two – 2 shots, 4 shots, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, and up to 256 shots.
Included in the bill were powers to purchase a site in Cranbourn Street for an additional station (Leicester Square).
Also included in Augustus' tribunician authority were powers usually reserved for the Roman censor; these included the right to supervise public morals and scrutinize laws to ensure they were in the public interest, as well as the ability to hold a census and determine the membership of the Senate.
Expected pulse IOIs at pattern boundaries were powers of 2 within the manageable range for synchronisation, e.g. 261, 523, 1045, and 2091 ms for 49 ms base IOI and 341, 683, and 1365 ms for 64 ms base IOI.
