Example sentences of "power over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charter granted Calvert palatinate powers over a domain of almost seven million acres from what had once belonged to Virginia . |
| 2 | This is particularly likely to apply to multilateral contracts ; ie , where one party exercises powers over a number of others . |
| 3 | They apply to the justification of the use of public power over a range of issues , for an extended period of time . |
| 4 | To my knowledge , no class can hold State power over a long period without at the same time exercising its hegemony over and in the State Ideological Apparatuses . |
| 5 | First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game . |
| 6 | Clearly , there were points at which the link person or the DCSL could exercise considerable power over a school 's proposal , but it is the evaluators ' impression that this power was not abused . |
| 7 | On the other hand , their power over a film , a video or a TV programme is usually nil . |
| 8 | He goes on to conclude that in large companies management frequently possesses power over a wide range of decisions , subject to constraints or partial control exercised by others in some decision areas . |
| 9 | The families of a nation have an enormous collective purchasing power over a very wide range of products and services . |
| 10 | They are to maximize the lineage 's accumulation of symbolic capital , and not primarily over principles of power over a whole society . |
| 11 | Using this analogy , the sonnet looks to gain power over a youth 's beauty by arguing that showy flowers merely fade but true scented roses in their death are distilled into perfume which become , paradoxically , their sweetest moment as roses : |
| 12 | Their massive landownership , the Lactifundio system , and the army 's role in politics enabled them to keep their power over a majority ( 70% of the Spanish population ) . |
| 13 | I regret to inform him that , as things stand , he gives the impression that he intends to cling , right reason or none , to his position of power over a people who have consistently told him and his party that they want no part of it . |