Sentence examples for with broad powers from inspiring English sources

The governor's office in New Jersey, with broad powers, is considered one of the most powerful in the country, and the post is considered the supreme prize in state politics.

After years of stalling, the provincial government finally agreed to set up a powerful and independent commission of inquiry with broad powers to look into corruption.

Government agencies normally have independent, strictly nonpartisan inspectors general, with broad powers to investigate questionable spending.

Mr. Zuma had earlier created a commission of inquiry with broad powers to investigate the shooting.

Still, Mr. Torricelli said, he would support President Bush with broad powers to mount a military attack.

The stick: A new law allowing the state to appoint fiscal managers with broad powers over distressed local governments.

Those powers would be shifted to a new regulatory agency with broad power to regulate consumer financial products.

Senators are leaders of their state political parties with broad power over federal appointments, spending and other forms of patronage.

The prosecutors' decision to seek the death penalty must be reviewed by a Pentagon official with broad power over the military commission system, Susan J. Crawford.

Ethiopia set up a system in the mid-1990s callethnicnic federalism, which carved the country into ethnic-based regions, each with broad power — at least on paper — including the right to secede.

The separation is called for by a reorganization plan proposed last month by Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, who is heading an oversight board with broad power to change the way the firm operates.