Sentence examples for wield some power from inspiring English sources

Don't get me wrong: Despite the interdependencies that constrain them, new managers do wield some power.

And have a Tory MP?" Cable has had his bumpy, stormy and depressed moments in government, but like most Lib Dems he has enjoyed being the first of their kind to wield some power.

With the accidental governor who appointed him last summer having announced on Friday under a cloud of scandal that he would not seek a full term, Mr. Ravitch may now finally emerge from basement powwows and academic discussions of pie-in-the-sky possibilities to actually wield some power.

Mr Akayev also installed the security chief of his administration, Murat Sutalinov, as the country's new chief prosecutor today, while, in the south of the country, opposition supporters - who already wield some power in Kyrgyzstan's second city, Osh, and the town of Jalal Abad - seized administrative headquarters in the town of Pulgon overnight.

And a bit like the Lib Dems prior to 2010, their growing membership and electoral support is beginning to raise the possibility that they might even wield some power after the election.

Since 1976, the year owner Ted Turner of the Braves put him in charge of the team's minor league system, Aaron has found himself a member of an all-too-exclusive club consisting of the few blacks who actually wield some power in baseball's hierarchy.

Mr. Love, charming and Southern, gently compensates for his less-than-schmoozy boss, and also wields some power, colleagues say.

In the Senate, a handful of moderates, when teamed with maverick-minded Republicans like John McCain of Arizona, have wielded some power.

Presumably the nation cannot afford the luxury of a Homeland Security work force that wields some power over the terms and conditions of its own labor -- wages, hours and benefits.

I'd maybe understand it if I were wielding some power over their lives in some way".

While established independent brewers with a loyal customer base can wield some pricing power, cost increases pose more of a threat for newcomers.