Example sentences of "of power the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ( d ) Exercise of powers The individual may , in the event of the exercise or successive exercise of one or more powers , by whomsoever exercisable and whether with or without the consent of any other person , become entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of the income .
2 Under such separation of powers the executive is made responsive and accountable to political leadership .
3 Chairman , I believe that this is just the sort of motion that can only bring local government into disrepute It 's an abuse of power the council holds lands in the county farms estate for purposes set out in the nineteen sixty agriculture act .
4 Following the transfer of power the opposition parties officially called off their agitation programmes and urged a return to work .
5 ‘ To a certain extent there is already an answer to the question which form of power the people support , ’ he said , adding that opinion polls showed most Russians favoured a presidential system .
6 Congress , after fourteen years of power the Tories have are still hell bent on ruining the lives of low paid working class .
7 At the pinnacle of power the sultan owned all the lands in ‘ the domain of the House of Osman ’ and was the absolute master of all who dwelt therein , whether Muslim or Christian .
8 With one last defiant surge of power the jeep finally gave up the ghost .
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