Example sentences of "power of [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draftsman must provide for the landlord to have sufficient power of inspection of the tenant 's books to satisfy himself that any information supplied by the tenant is correct . |
| 2 | Most of us insufficiently understand the power of poetry as a tool for learning for humans of all abilities . |
| 3 | Once the Attorney thinks the person is mentally incapable he/she should register the Enduring Power of Attorney with the Court of Protection . |
| 4 | We have to help children to recognise the power of mathematics as a tool to solve problems , and that the tools are constantly evolving . |
| 5 | That is at the same time the power of imposition of the definition of science ; that is , the power to draw the limits of the field , to decide who is in and who is out . |
| 6 | ALL THE more pertinent with the rise of fascism in Europe , the late John Heartfield 's anti-Nazi photomontages are a strong reminder of the power of art as a political weapon . |
| 7 | While he may not have said in so any words that these encounters with the press had been an " eye-opener , he did remember that he had been sincerely treated by the Journalists courtesy and by the beneficent power of journalism in the modern world . " |
| 8 | The court ruled , however , that the Cabinet had the ultimate power of decision under the ISA and was under no obligation to produce evidence in support of its decisions . |
| 9 | a belated attempt to meet minority principles in a plural democracy by avoiding any definition and by restoring ultimate power of decision to the Oireachtas [ Parliament ] . |
| 10 | ‘ Parliament has deprived the courts of any power of detention of a person of this age or what many people might think was any effective punishment for that grave crime . ’ |
| 11 | It was precisely the power of Jacobitism as a negative ideal which explains the strength of the Jacobite challenge at the time of the Hanoverian succession , but also its ultimate failure , since there were few people who were really committed to the positive alternative which the Stuarts represented . |
| 12 | Even making the most lavish allowance for the greater purchasing power of money in the sixteenth century , one can not consider these sums very generous for officials of such standing . |
| 13 | Henry VII instigated changes which included reducing the power of nobility over the countryside and extending the duties of the Justices of the Peace . |
| 14 | In the power of love In the pow Ah ah , ah |
| 15 | Needless to say , any such denial of this would be a denial of the power of education as a whole to mature individuals in their intellectual and moral perceptions . |
| 16 | There are yet more clues in Marx 's exposition of the autonomous state in the France of Louis Napoleon to the power of bureaucracy in the post-colonial situation . |
| 17 | What had been happening was an assumption of power on the part of the Vietminh and the demonstration that a communist party could seize the opportunity to capitalize on the power of nationalism at a moment of unparalleled opportunity . |
| 18 | The sceptics denounce the power of thought as a way of ending violence and war . |
| 19 | But the royal power of veto over the legislation of the colonial assemblies was still active at a time when it was dying out in Britain , and it could be exercised either by governors on the spot or by the government in London . |
| 20 | The composition of the Supreme Soviet would follow closely the proposals set out in the draft Union Treaty [ see pp. 38348-49 ] , whose planned signature on Aug. 20 by five republics had been pre-empted by the coup : the Soviet of the Union would consist of deputies from union republics , elected according to existing quotas , subject to the consent of republican governments ; the Soviet ( Council ) of the Republics would be the upper chamber , dealing with the organization of union bodies and foreign links , with power of veto over the Soviet of the Union , whose responsibilities would involve the rights and freedoms of citizens . |
| 21 | Suggestions in the bill for an independent panel of experts to be given the power of veto over the research were rejected . |
| 22 | It could hardly be argued that to place the power of veto in the hands of an individual or a minority is a democratic device , except perhaps in certain very unusual and specific circumstances . |
| 23 | The townsmen produced at the Forest Eyre a charter of Richard I conceding that no forester was to have power of attachment within the bounds of the borough . |
| 24 | Furthermore , the pressure of working-class parties and trade unions has helped to produce a much more substantial intervention by the state in the economy , and this situation , although it can be interpreted from one aspect as the emergence of a new type of ‘ organized ’ or ‘ managed ’ capitalism , does also constitute a degree of protection of working-class interests against the power of capital through the general regulation of economic activity and the provision of an extensive network of social services , however imperfectly this may be done . |
| 25 | Durkheim commented on the difficulty of regarding ‘ an enlightened Catholic of to-day as a sort of retarded savage ’ , but he provided the reminder that ‘ the most primitive religions are not the only ones which have attributed this power of propagation to the sacred character ’ . |
| 26 | I watched many hours of video films while at Highlander , and in various communities in the mountains with which Highlander is associated , and there can be few better examples of the power of video as an empowering and educational tool than some of the footage which the YCCC have taken . |
| 27 | Lord Scarman said : ‘ The principle is that parental right or power of control of the person and property of his child exists primarily to enable the parent to discharge his duty of maintenance , protection and education until he [ that is , the child ] reaches such an age as to be able to look after himself and make his own decisions . ’ |
| 28 | In the first place , it involves some actual power of control over the thing possessed . |
| 29 | A newly-invented spring has been adopted , one peculiarity attached to it being the insertion of a thin hoop of steel within a leathern belt , which has the effect of increasing the power of tension in a very remarkable degree , and rendering the motion of the carriage perfectly easy . |
| 30 | From the other flank , Michael Foot thought plans for reform gave too great a power of patronage to the prime minister and mocked the very idea of a representative democracy . |