Example sentences of "the [noun] of power in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the obstinacy with which company law has clung to the traditional legal model of the division of power in the company between the managers and the shareholders has sometimes had the effect of concealing from us the fact that company law regulates a variety of different sorts of companies . |
| 2 | With the internationalization of capital and the concentration of power in the hands of fewer and fewer transnational corporations , national law violation may well become old fashioned . |
| 3 | The concentration of power in the hands of the managers of the largest companies could not be seen as a necessary bulwark against the power of the state . |
| 4 | ANDES argues that only through reforms in the social and economic structure of the country , and with an end to the concentration of power in the hands of the oligarchy , can the inadequacies and inequalities of the Salvadorean education system be overcome . |
| 5 | A particularly disturbing feature of educational change since 1979 , especially since the Education Reform Act , has been the greatly increased centralisation and the concentration of power in the hands of the Secretary of State . |
| 6 | I remind the House that one of the principal concerns with the police part of the Bill was the removal of the er the tripartite system a and the concentration of power in the hands of the Home Secretary . |
| 7 | The long blockade of the French fleet , the shifting alliances in the Mediterranean and the Middle East , the war with America , the Baltic and East India convoys , the movements of power in the Caribbean , the capture of Mauritius from the French — in these and other historical situations Jack Aubrey and his surgeon are variously involved , always as unmistakable individuals , never in any way distorting the known course of history . |
| 8 | It was also the key to understanding the workings of power in the present and the future . |
| 9 | Unlike the other four main changes in the 1988 Act ( national curriculum , assessment , open enrolment and local financial delegation ) the alteration of power in the control of staff calls for a high degree of collegiality between the managers and the managed . |
| 10 | The distribution of power in the legislature was also fundamentally altered by the dilution of the seniority principle in the early 1970s . |
| 11 | WHAT is happening in the corridors of power in the MCUI at Ulster Centre and at FMN level ? |
| 12 | Now , the changes of power in the Labour Party , and the changes in the constitution of the party , challenge the legitimacy and limitations of exactly this kind of limited , liberal , democracy . |
| 13 | Because of this failure to develop , the great debate about liberty and the control of power in the technological age , which we see in other Western nations , is passing the country by , almost unnoticed . |
| 14 | Sean McBride , one of AI 's founding members , explained the central role that education must play in promoting the values espoused by the UDHR : ‘ Effectively used , world public opinion can in itself become an important influence on the centres of power in the world . |
| 15 | Even a man dedicated to constructive yet volatile disagreement could find little wrong , as he turned his mind towards the probability of power in the near future , with the proposed reforms . |
| 16 | As a result ? exploitation led them to organise and , through militancy , question the logic of power in the system . |
| 17 | After 1937 the centre of power in the Party appeared to be moving towards the individual membership , but in 1939 the union leaders showed their strength in ensuring the expulsion of Sir Stafford Cripps and his supporters . |
| 18 | The seizure of power in the capital had been the rebels ' primary objective since 18 July . |
| 19 | In very general terms , Marxist theorists look for the location of power in the wider social and economic structure of society There is continuing debate within Marxism over the exact role that the state ( or political level ) fulfils and whether it has any significant independence from the requirements of the owners of the means of production and the preservation of the system of capital accumulation In the long term , however , Marxists argue that the scope for human beings to choose freely and to shape their society as they wish is severely circumscribed by the private ownership of the means of production , the necessity of the state to respond to the crises and problems generated by capitalism as an economic system and the inequality of competition between different ideologies Elite theories do not go so far in limiting the scope for individuals to choose or to shape their societies They argue that individuals can choose , subjectively , to join , to maintain or to challenge the structure of power which exists . |
| 20 | Two disputes are of central significance with respect to the location of power in the state . |
| 21 | Although over the moon with it generally , I am disappointed with the lack of power in the naturally aspirated diesel engine . |
| 22 | The proposals to increase the number of seats to 23 , likely to be made later this year , will not change the balance of power in the Council : two seats each will be added to appointed , directly- and indirectly-elected categories . |
| 23 | Gallup also asked : If the minor parties turn out to hold the balance of power in the new Parliament , what would you like to see happen ? |
| 24 | Since 1969 the centrist Free Democrats have held the balance of power in the Bundestag . |
| 25 | It might be comforting to see the balance of power in the hands of the defence rather than the offence — but there is no assurance it would stay there . |
| 26 | Die Gruenen could hold the balance of power in the federal government of Europe 's richest state . |
| 27 | The collapse of industrial militancy after the ‘ Winter of Discontent ’ in 1978 and the defeat of the Labour government in the election of May 1979 had tipped the balance of power in the Right-Ons ' favour . |
| 28 | The office of president had been discredited and the balance of power in the political system had shifted in favour of a revived and even more inchoate congress . |
| 29 | In this model , it is believed that intervention in education can bring about positive change in the balance of power in the social system . |
| 30 | The Balance of Power in the Court : Parents may be at a disadvantage in court because of their lack of familiarity with court proceedings , and their past experiences in court may prove inhibiting . |