Example sentences of "[noun] of power [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The checks and balances of the US system lead to a fragmentation of power both within the executive and between it and the legislative branch , while executive dominance within the Canadian parliamentary system assures a more unitary approach . |
| 2 | But there was a much more important shift of power away from the examining boards ( and thus away from the universities ) in the creation of the central Secondary Examinations Council . |
| 3 | The establishment of the Senate does not yet appear to have resulted in any discernible shift of power away from the individual Inns ( Hazell , 1978 ; Benson Commission , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | A clear shift of power away from the hospital consultants was apparent . |
| 5 | There was an attempt to push the balance back in favour of the consumer , but privatisation has achieved the opposite because it has resulted in a major shift of power away from the consumer to the producer . |
| 6 | What this was to produce was a shift of power away from the House of Commons to the cabinet and to the electorate , with political parties serving as the conduit for this transfer . |
| 7 | This regional reorganization was presented by the military government as a devolution of power away from the centre and as therefore a move towards resolving the conflict between the predominantly Moslem north and the largely non-Moslem south . |
| 8 | Clearly it would be difficult to justify a dual system of justice if it led to certain types of people being more easily convicted , for the whole concept of the rule of law was to tip the balance of power away from the accusing state to the accused individual because it was rightly felt a too one-sided contest without such protection . |
| 9 | A re-draft , tabled for the December session by a constitutional commission dominated by former communists , had envisaged parliament having the right to form the Cabinet and shape policy , shifting the balance of power away from the President . |