Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of power by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Articles 100 and 235 of the Treaty of Rome provide a mechanism whereby the amassment of power by the Community may be carried on as a continuous process . |
| 2 | The major grievances were political , although not necessarily dynastic , and reflected discontent at the abuse of power by the men who controlled the government . |
| 3 | What changed was the party political situation : the seizure of power by the radical Right in the Conservative party and thence in government . |
| 4 | Unfortunately we know nothing about the predecessors of Spartokos , nor can archaeology help much , and we can not say whether dynastic troubles in the 450s might have caused shortages on the Athenian grain market ; the seizure of power by the Spartokids is too late to be relevant . |
| 5 | Vallejo expressed his concept of revolution as follows : ‘ Revolution does not mean the fall of the Tsar or the seizure of power by the workers . |
| 6 | No less catastrophic was the seizure of power by the Colonels in 1967 . |
| 7 | Other NAM members , notably Zimbabwe , also called for an end to the monopoly of power by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 8 | CENTO had already ceased to be a threat to the Soviet Union in the Middle East with the assumption of power by the Ba'ath Party in Iraq . |
| 9 | They called instead for the assumption of power by the NLD , which had won a landslide electoral victory in May 1990 but not been allowed to take office [ see pp. 37457-58 ] . |
| 10 | Kaufman maintains that in the United States rivalries between bureaus , each with its allies in congressional committees and powerful interests outside government , constitute an important barrier against the assumption of power by the bureaucracy ( Kaufman 1981 ) . |