Example sentences of "its powers [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In particular , the government gave little attention to using its powers over investment to re-structure major sectors of industry , as was being done on the Continent and in Japan [ Estrin and Holmes , 1983 ; Hayward and Narkiewicz , 1978 ] .
2 It extended its powers over smaller towns and communes , such as Nonantola , and allied itself with others .
3 The current situation in which the government , through party discipline , is able to control the House of Commons and absorb its powers unto itself is regarded as undesirable .
4 Loses its powers of adhesion .
5 Under its powers of investigation , the Commission can examine books and other business records of parties , take copies or extracts from the books and business records , ask for oral explanations on the spot and enter any premises , land or means of transport within EC territory belonging to the undertakings concerned .
6 If the Central Authority had delegated its powers of generation to the area distribution boards , they would , in effect , have become integrated power boards .
7 The State approves the artistic tastes of a fashionable avant-garde elite and then uses its powers of subvention and promotion to enforce these tastes on the majority .
8 Assimilation in play has allowed the child greatly to improve its powers of abstraction in space and time ; that is , to imagine objects far away in both of these dimensions ( see also Vygotsky 1978 : 92–104 ) .
9 But there are also groups within these communities which have taken the other route , and adopted the position of a ‘ race apart ’ , investing it with a positive image as a means of asserting the distinctiveness of their own culture and its powers of resistance to the dominant society .
10 The board did so meet and resolved to exercise its powers of intervention under rule 7.3(2) of the Lautro Rules .
11 The board did so meet and resolved to exercise its powers of intervention under rule 7.3(2) of the Lautro Rules .
12 The House of Lords lost its powers of financial scrutiny in the 1911 Parliament Act , but the House of Commons continued to be jealous of its power to scrutinise ministers ' proposals for expenditure .
13 Likewise , if a male bird sings to court a mate , natural selection will only adjust the song to increase its powers of courtship ; the unambiguous informing of the female will be only incidentally relevant .
14 It has considerable agility , and its powers of dry staccato have been so much exploited that this form of musical humour has quite lost its savour nowadays .
15 It must show clearly and unequivocally the reasoning of the Community authority which adopted the measure so as to inform the persons concerned of the justification for the measure adopted and enable the Court of Justice to exercise its powers of review .
16 It could use its powers of compulsory acquisition to amalgamate land which was in separate ownerships and acquire land the owners of which could not be traced .
17 The books of such company must be available for production to the Council on demand under its powers of inspection contained in the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules 1986 .
18 Its decisions on authorisation , disqualification , making public statements of misconduct and the exercise of its powers of intervention are subject to appeal to a statutory tribunal , the Financial Services Tribunal .
19 A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal .
20 Once an organisation is operational it is not unusual for it to extend its powers to matters outside the treaty , or to implement policies or decisions without following the procedural requirements of the treaty .
21 In the case , heard by Lord Justice Lloyd and Mr Justice Blofeld in the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , the arguments put forward on behalf of Mr Curtin centred on the validity of the Council decision to delegate its powers to the Assistant Director , and on the rationality and fairness of the Assistant Director 's decision .
22 The SNC would turn over most of its powers to the UN until a new Cambodian government was elected ; the UN would probably administer defence , foreign affairs , finance , public security and information .
23 The NSC in 1982 ceded its powers to a Grand National Assembly , when a new Constitution was approved by the Assembly and by a referendum .
24 A rune weapon will lose its powers for this time , and other rune-based magic items will be similarly affected .
25 Consequently , in exercising its powers for the purposes of defining the conditions for the grant of its ‘ nationality ’ to a ship , each member state must comply with the prohibition of discrimination against nationals of member states on grounds of their nationality .
26 The time for subtle temptations was over ; all of hell , in its unimaginable horror , unleashed its powers on this one person alone in the garden .
27 This was not done in the 1985 Act — with the result that it would be open to the Government not to comply with an order if it takes the view that the Tribunal 's decision clearly exceeds its powers under the statute .
28 Krishna Kumar Rawal ACA of 74A High Street , Wanstead , London having been found guilty of misconduct within the meaning of Bye-law 76(a) in force at the material time and liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Ilford and Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 1 April 1990 failed to account properly and promptly for monies held on behalf of a client and in that he at Wanstead between 18 November 1987 and 6 January 1992 failed to account properly and promptly to a client for interest received in respect of monies held on behalf of the said client and having been in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he at Wanstead between 3 December 1991 and 18 June 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) was reprimanded , fined £1,000 , ordered to take advice from the Professional Referrals Service and to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
29 Philip James Cattlin ( ACA ) of 97 Judd Street , London having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in London between 17 March 1992 and 15 September 1992 being sole proprietor of a firm of Chartered Accountants , failed to cause that firm to comply with an order of the Disciplinary Committee made on 17 March 1992 that it pay costs in the sum of £500 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 14 August 1992 and 15 September 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 14 August 1992 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) and in that he in London between 19 May 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to satisfy a judgment of the County Court that he pay a sum of £5,634 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 7 January 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning a judgment of the County Court was excluded from membership of the Institute and ordered to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
30 Philip James Cattlin ( ACA ) of 97 Judd Street , London having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he in London between 17 March 1992 and 15 September 1992 being sole proprietor of a firm of Chartered Accountants , failed to cause that firm to comply with an order of the Disciplinary Committee made on 17 March 1992 that it pay costs in the sum of £500 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 14 August 1992 and 15 September 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee on 14 August 1992 in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) and in that he in London between 19 May 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to satisfy a judgment of the County Court that he pay a sum of £5,634 and having been found liable to disciplinary action under Bye-law 76(a) ( iv ) in that he in London between 7 January 1992 and 4 August 1992 failed to provide information required of him by the Investigation Committee in exercise of its powers under Bye-law 80(a) concerning a judgment of the County Court was excluded from membership of the Institute and ordered to pay £1,000 by way of costs .
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