Example sentences of "use of [noun sg] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | Important labour figures such as Tom McCarthy , Sidney Webb and Clementina Black spoke of the use of buyer power to improve working conditions , and handbills were distributed exposing the damage inflicted by sweated trades ( Llewellyn Davies 1904 ) . |
| 2 | It is still at work , producing animal feed and , unlike many others , continues to make use of water power . |
| 3 | Not only do the water wheels survive , miraculously they are still put to work , once again proving the viability of the small scale use of water power . |
| 4 | More precisely , it meant that discussion about the organization and use of state power turned more on means and less on ends . |
| 5 | They are products , that is , of the use of state power in civil society and as such they have only appeared in the period since Marx and Weber were writing . |
| 6 | Cripps , in particular , became associated with the notion of " working-class sanctions " ; that is the use of union power to prevent arms delivery and the avoidance of reliance on either the National Government or on the League of Nations . |
| 7 | Possibly the last attempt at such a use of newspaper power — Cecil King 's 1968 ‘ Enough is Enough ’ article in the Mirror which called for Harold Wilson 's resignation as Prime Minister — resulted in the dismissal of the ‘ abuser ’ of power , Cecil King himself . |
| 8 | The reduction in employment of farm labour , the use of machine power , the adoption of simplified farming systems and the replanning of farm layout to ease farm operations are actions taken to ensure solvency in the light of changes in the structure of costs . |
| 9 | Clever cooks always respect and make full use of potato power . |
| 10 | As a result of these developments in microelectronics , the annual use of computing power increased by about 2000 times in the twenty years between 1960 and 1980 . |
| 11 | I did not usurp power but I did greatly broaden the use of executive power , in other words this is the modesty part I acted for the public welfare , I acted for the common wellbeing of all our people whenever and in whatever manner was necessary unless prevented by direct constitutional or legislative prohibition Roosevelt suggested that the president subject only to the people of the United States and he identified himself with Andrew Jackson and with Abraham Lincoln . |
| 12 | In the past the courts have been willing to interfere only to a limited extent in the use of prerogative power . |
| 13 | In a situation of monopoly power , the profits which a company makes will contain an element which can only be ascribed to the use of monopoly power by that company . |
| 14 | On the basis of their legal privileges trade unions have created an economic power base through the use of two devices : the straightforward use of monopoly power and the threat of using the strike weapon . |
| 15 | The use of monopoly power obtained through the creation of closed shops , regulation of the terms of apprenticeship and so on is comparable to the use of monopoly power by corporations in a position to exercise it . |
| 16 | The use of monopoly power obtained through the creation of closed shops , regulation of the terms of apprenticeship and so on is comparable to the use of monopoly power by corporations in a position to exercise it . |
| 17 | The one drawback is that bounce is not very efficient in its use of lighting power compared with direct lighting , and you may find that the illumination level is on the low side unless you are using floodlamps of high wattage . |