Example sentences of "[art] power of [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does seem today , as Mill once said , ‘ protection is needed against the tyranny of prevailing opinion … the tendency of society to impose its own ideas and practices ’ and by ‘ an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation ’ . |
| 2 | Suggestions in the bill for an independent panel of experts to be given the power of veto over the research were rejected . |
| 3 | Henry VII instigated changes which included reducing the power of nobility over the countryside and extending the duties of the Justices of the Peace . |
| 4 | Rejected moves to make the European Parliament the principal legislative body of the EC , and transform the Council of Ministers into a consultative body with no powers of veto over the parliament . |
| 5 | Held , allowing the appeal , that once an order was made under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 placing a child in the care of a local authority , responsibility for the care of the child was firmly with the local authority and the family proceedings court could not retain a power of review over the care order by including directions ; and that , accordingly , the direction relating to the continued involvement of the guardian ad litem would be deleted ( post , p. 812B , G ) . |
| 6 | In Kenmare v IRC [ 1958 ] AC 267 , it was held that a power of appointment over the entire trust fund was a power to revoke or otherwise determine the settlement . |