How To Use Power In A Sentence

Liberal democracy is a fraud, a cover for the power of the elite. Times, Sunday Times
Laura Wade's Posh, timed to open as the Tories edged into power in May 2010, reminded us just what we were in for: overprivileged hooligans in drinking-society blazers who trash a pub as thoughtlessly as they will trash the country. Dominic Cooke: a life in theatre
This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
The captain's armband must have special powers because he's been brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.

The Huilloc men are only a little taller than their womenfolk, with broad chests, powerful shoulders and heavily muscled legs.
Nor do I deny that they sometimes abuse their power and are unfair to individuals.
‘Break, break, break,’ for instance, is a bitter poem on unrecompensed, pointless loss, but it achieves its power and makes its point very indirectly, largely through structural implications.
The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
Thus, the power of drawing iron is one of the ideas of the complex one of that substance we call a loadstone; and a power to be so drawn is a part of the complex one we call iron: which powers pass for inherent qualities in those subjects. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
The Chorus mentions that Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus are very similar to each other, ‘twin throned, twin sceptered, in twofold power.’
Mostly, however, she seems to be held in some kind of incommunicado status until they need a sound bite, and then they throw the power switch, download the text and out she spits it, with all the emotion of an automaton. Condi a Waste of Time
You will be surprised at the power of muscle memory. Times, Sunday Times
And on the need for contempt powers, he recounted how officials at times refused to obey the orders.
Meanwhile, Mr. Christie is taking the same tact in what he described as a "passionate" relationship with Mr. Sweeney, who has the power to single-handedly block bills. Christie, Sweeney in Standoff Over Funds
Phil always did have the willpower of a particularly suasible flea.
At present, power is very high orders, to improve gross profit margins.
Only a very strong, perhaps only a globally dominant, power can sustain informal empire in the long run.
That provides a powerful financial incentive for banks to supply more credit. Times, Sunday Times
Packed with the same computing power as some laptops, wearables are still too expensive for average consumers.
Between 1906 and 1907, this wide-ranging businessman established steam-powered tramways in various localities across Japan.
It has made it far harder for determined and powerful figures to control how people see events and that can only be a good thing.
Lime hawk moth moth is named after the hawk because it capable of powerful, long- distance flight. Times, Sunday Times
At the other end of the social scale were the king and a tiny group of powerful men, all of them rentiers who lived in style on the revenues of their great estates.
Stick us in a virgin paradise, and we create great honeycombed bureaucracies, vast bramble-fields of rules and regulations, ornate politburos filled with policymaking politicos, and, above all, tangled webs of power.
The architectonics of the sculpted locks, the author argues, augment their power to fend off sorcery and other malevolent forces.
What I really liked, from my white boy point-of-view, was Eddie taking a brief second to explain his continual usage of the N-word: because its power is lessened the more it's used.
The lower mandible, which is powerful, and is indented at its point to receive the hook, has a very sharp edge, which, with that of the upper mandible, constitutes a pair of formidable shears. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.
That Constellation would not sign a power purchase agreement for its own reactor is a stunning admission that atomic energy cannot compete with natural gas or renewables. Harvey Wasserman: Nuke "Renaissance" Leaps off Calvert Cliffs
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power.
The two nuclear-powered vessels limped home as both navies launched top-level inquiries. The Sun
But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
Which of us would want our lives to lay in ruin while those who are supposed to help are busy fighting over politics, power and property that does not belong to them? National Council of Churches
What if a hijacked plane hit a nuclear power plant, what if bioterrorists infected burger bars, what if we were flooded with smallpox?
Star staff Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Powered by SIDON: The southern coastal city of Sidon saw banners fill its streets and lights brighten up its sky days before the Holy Month of weather in Baltimore has been sweltering lately, putting many at risk for heat-related conditions. such as Italy criticised Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho for comments the Portuguese made about Ramadan at the weekend. WN.com - Articles related to Lagos Fires Tourism Through Sports
Let's use what power we have as consumers, then, to prevent a dangerous cycle from repeating itself.
The two largest powers in any system must always be major rivals. History offers some support for this view.
Opening to the power of intention, you begin knowing that conception, birth and death are all natural aspects of the energy field of creation. Wayne Dyer
A belief in it is not only not naïve; it is the essential precondition for civilized society, and our best defense against the arbitrary use of power.
Immunoproteomics, a powerful tool for studying antigens at the proteomic level, allowed a comparative investigation of the immunogenicity of capsulate and non-capsulate strains of L. garvieae for vaccine development.
Civilisation as we know it today can only lead to an increasingly unjust, and inequitable, distribution of power across the globe.
God answers our prayers because by addressing them to Him we acknowledge His Lordship and power.
Magazines need the revenue from this powerful, high-spending label. Times, Sunday Times
He then accused the powers that be of failing to appreciate younger people's culture.
Thompson claimed that his grandmother, who lived in Blyth, Northumberland, was a pagan high priestess, and that she had passed on her powers to him. Sex cult leader jailed for forcing girlfriend into sex with others
Ms. Miller's imprisonment for civil contempt of court was less a perfect storm — to use one of the press 'hoarier clichés to characterize a grim convergence of unpleasant events — as it was a brownout, a distressing midsummer sign that a full power outage is on its way. The Great D.C. Plame-Out, Or: Novak, Lord of the Journo-Flies
At college he had never (illis dissimilis in nostro tempore natis) cringed to the possessors of clerical power. Pelham — Volume 05
Well, having the largest economy confers an advantages in affording a very large military, and having a very large military was useful in the era of great power military conflicts. Matthew Yglesias » Will China Ever Dominate?
In addition to receiving the best education that the South could offer blacks at that time, Ella inherited a powerful sense of service that made her civil rights efforts extraordinarily unselfish and untiring.
The party established a de facto political cartel that excluded other parties from power.
It is this which so powerfully arouses sentiment in us.
Knowing the innate power of the press, he bought a mimeograph machine.
This shows that _for every tone an air column of a certain size most powerfully reinforces that tone_. Resonance in Singing and Speaking
The 100-acre wind farm near Strabane is currently capable of producing 6.6 kilo watts of power per hour.
It shines a powerful spotlight on an issue we ignore to our cost. Times, Sunday Times
He is concerned with the existence of invisible power within the state, creating a barrier between it and the people.
Most staff being laid off worked on the factory floor, assembling the thermostats and power regulators.
It will deliver the promises made in the citizens charter to extend the powers of the four regulators of the privatised utilities.
On the one hand, it was a powerful tool to enhance or sustain personal and corporate power, wealth, and status.
The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
Some came to seek the new power, some to chuckle, others to satisfy their curiosity.
For now, it's a relief to see that she is not included in Forbes magazine's recent list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.
On fair skin, pale shades are delicate enough not to overpower your colouring.
Now there is a problem in that the Framers did not include a power to punish for contumacy. The Volokh Conspiracy » The proper understanding of “Necessary and Proper”:
Price as tested is $44,600, including $8,525 in options Deep Sea Blue pearlescent paint, eight-speed Audi Tiptronic transmission, high-intensity discharge headlamps, power liftgate and onboard navigation with backup camera and an $875 destination charge. 2011 Audi Q5 2.0 T Quattro
The power of the aesthetic is also a precondition for Introduction: 'The Power is There': Romanticism as Aesthetic Insistence
For the whole night, under the influence of a hallucinogen called yagé, the healer sings his song the power of which is due not to words, lyrics, or poetry.
His two motors, a used 7.5 horsepower and a 3.5 horsepower, cost just $25 apiece.
The parallel twin engine that powers them has a vibey past. The Sun
Books in digital format, also known as e-books, can be read on devices lacking the power and screen space to afford a regular Web browser.
The most obvious of these powers is that of the demolition and clearance of housing that is deemed unfit for human habitation. Introduction to Social Administration in Britain
The anarchs have status because they are noticed and respected for what little power they have achieved.
The stakeholders are frighteningly numerous, diverse, intensely self-interested, and powerful.
It was battery operated, and would not rely on a malfunction in the main power supply.
While he was chief inspector of schools parents could be sure that they had a powerful champion of high standards.
Other situations affecting power quality are transients or spikes, surges or over-voltages, noise and sags or brownouts.
A group of mums are using a secret weapon to encourage parents to walk their children to school - pester power.
Having spent years working and living in London and across Eastern Europe, the solitude and beauty of the landscape offered a powerful draw.
We instead identified sport as a great power for good and how the Olympic rings could be a driver to help to reconnect young people with sport. Times, Sunday Times
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. Blaise Pascal
Two victims die in the first scene, an effective evocation of place, character and a whole range of powerful emotions. Times, Sunday Times
The cloaker had begun running low on power, she realized. The Heart of the Warrior
The powers of the administrative receiver are extensive and he will have complete control over the management of the company.
The cost of houses has risen faster than purchasing power.
He had the strength and power; he meant to bear rule over others and he expected tributes from them.
We need a northern powerhouse too. Times, Sunday Times
He was a powerful monarch, -- so powerful that the Greeks, who had built cities all along the coast of Asia Minor, in the country called Ionia, never spoke of him except as "The Great King. The Story of the Greeks
Recollecting the day he saw Napoleon on the street, the poet imagines what must be the tumult of thoughts behind Caesar's moveless mask-the cities, the factories, the armies rising in the conqueror's dream of power.
The electronic power-assisted steering feels well weighted, with a slow rack ratio but an on-centre sluggishness, which is safe and steady but not at all responsive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Dr Lotto has invented special paving slabs made of photovoltaic cells and recycled glass to harvest sunlight and to help power the structure. Times, Sunday Times
Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat. Cold Mountain
Maxwell's theoretical unification of electricity and magnetism was engineered into the modern human power to communicate across space at the speed of light.
With great power comes great merchandising opportunities. Times, Sunday Times
The output power and optical efficiency of different resonator parameters and pump power have been analyzed with numerical calculation.
I'm a pinheaded businessperson so I'm waiting for the PowerPoint slides.
B , Power Doppler image showing circumferential blood flow around the tumor.
Unlike chemical antiseptics, essential oils are harmless to tissue, yet they are powerful aggressors towards germs.
Tusking," published in March 1986, was the first of his poems to appear in the TLS: a powerful frightening parable of coloniser and colonised, it is untypical of Imlah's work only in its short lines. Archive 2009-04-01
It's said that only the united power of industrial workers can crush capitalism.
In issuing the order, the President has pushed his lawmaking powers beyond their limits.
We also get to see entire animatics sequences that will delight anyone wondering how all the elements come together for a movie this visually powerful.
Do not use power sanders or even vigorous hand brushing.
Thus, Nietzsche underlines our creative power in playing with masks, in taking up selves only to put them down again.
These warlords continue to exercise their authority by means of force and firepower, and often engage in sporadic armed conflict against one another.
In Munich last February, Putin railed against America the "hyperpower" that flouted international law. The Tyrant's Turn
From the late nineteenth century Britain and other European powers began to gain control of parts of the Ottoman Empire.
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One challenge is that the courts are being asked to cede some power.
Federal Government is the exclusive judge of the extent as well as the limitations of its power, it seems to me to be utterly perversive of the sovereignty and independence of the States. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
The chairman has deputed his voting power to the vice - chairman.
In Japan, he sees political parties solely occupied in securing power and preoccupied in increasing strength and influence.
At this level, delayering is accompanied by the need for self-supervision by work groups (sometimes called their empowerment).
It reduces engine shudder and powers the moving parts much more efficiently, being directly connected to the drivetrain. The Sun
Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
In power they have relinquished that role. Times, Sunday Times
The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity.
For many the sacrifice of British sovereign power was too great a price to pay. Times, Sunday Times
We're goin' to need TP, baby wipes, plastic bags, battery powered lanterns, and buckets of batteries.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. J. K. Rowling
Ministers will be given powers to remove weak heads swiftly if they are unable to provide a blueprint for improvement. The Sun
They're compelling red wines of pipe-organ depth and power without excessive alcohol or overripeness. Two Worlds of Argentine Wines
UK gov/Scotland Office are spending £1.5M on their public info campaign on new devo powers.
California passed a law 20 years ago decreeing a proportion of cars would have to be electric powered.
a terrible power had her in its grasp
He wasn't a large man, and had never been the sporty type, so there were no golf clubs or baseball bats lying handily around, and the notion of overpowering a hulking burglar with the meagre physical means at his disposal was laughable. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Thankfully, some excellent work by the chassis engineers means that there is no sign of wheelspin, often associated with powerful front wheel drive cars.
The power has gone out and even when it's on there appear to be beefy dips and surges on the line - so large in fact that one particular voltage spike took out my TV in an impressive cloud of smoke.
For a typical 3-mm-diameter lens, the dioptric power can be controlled between - 100 and + 50 diopters.
Well, it wasn't rock and roll as you would recognise it but there was certainly enough power and decibels to give the lugholes a good stinging.
The council would assume legislative, judicial and executive powers.
Our study was powered primarily to look at the influence of bacterial vaginosis rather than chlamydial infection on miscarriage.
The result is a totally incoherent agglomeration of speech-forms -- a baragouin fantastic and unintelligible beyond the power of anyone to imagine who has not heard it .... Two Years in the French West Indies
Bush didn't use this power because he had no interest in impeding the BPP, which was infamous for rubber-stamping executions. The Texas Clemency Memos
It is not only a powerful antioxidant, but it's also known as a skin healer.
My children have gone beyond my power.
There should be plenty of thunder left in the powerful arms and lower body he has developed since arriving in America as an underfed teenager with bright eyes and a voracious appetite for success.
On the other hand, if you elect for the more expensive hardware option, much less CPU power is needed and often both the picture and sound quality are greatly improved.
The tribunal has no legal power to compel his attendance. Times, Sunday Times
The whole board was swayed by the promises of gold, power and riches.
The hardware has been redesigned to prevent damage caused by short circuits or power surges.
A dashing swashbuckler of love, loss, and revenge in the midst of a plot to hide a conspiracy involving Napoleon's return to power.
What is news is that from the very beginning, biggety ivory-tower academics have labored to recruit into their ranks the sons and daughters of the powerful, famous, and rich. [Help] Most Recent Posts
Think of it as a play on European consumers' thirst and spending power. Times, Sunday Times
a demonstration that man has televisional powers was given on Nov. 26, 1934 at the Royal University of Rome. Autobiography of a Yogi
As a rule of thumb, the villages of Barolo and La Morra produce the most perfumed win es, while Monforte d 'Alba and Serralunga produce more structured, powerful wines that require substantial cellaring. In Search of Barolo
Damian Harris knows about the potential power of a good promo video.
A series of offensives in early 1918 achieved initial success but ultimately failed to break the Allied line, and by summer, with the Americans coming in droves, the tide of the war had turned irreversibly against the Central Powers. How Wars end
The same powers are routinely used to sign treaties and appoint ministers. Times, Sunday Times
He was almost sixty then, yet his body still was trim and powerful, and he loved to romp with us children in the sea.
There were, Pfeiffer said, several unresolved issues with the long-term omnibus bill, chief among them policy riders that would alter previously passed legislation and compromise executive powers. In Budget Negotiations, White House Throws A Curve Ball On Omnibus Bill
Teams will also have to find ways of packaging the heavier and more complex power units. Times, Sunday Times
However, the leats were not originally built to supply mills with power, but were excavated for the draining and reclamation of land between the city wall and the Exe.
New hardware, software, networking gear, and wireless devices are being woven together by the connective power of the Internet into a potent, upsetting force.
None, at least today, is acting as if he can win power by ousting the others through force. Times, Sunday Times
I began to consider crazy thoughts, such as whether we were in some strange power game.
The whole secret appeal of the super hero isn't so much their buffed up bodies and superpowers, although those are nice too.
More and more men were transformed by the mutating power of the great clouds of Chaos magic drifting from the poles.
Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies.
The musical instruments symbolize an underlying harmony behind nature's powers, to which the successful alchemist must himself be attuned.
This is a very important area in operations, which is facing a shortage of skilled manpower.
The USA has this power anyway but wants Western governments to recognize it and to accept it politically. After Thatcher
The rush is pure, powerful and addictive. The Sun
Sensual and materialistic, they want all the power, comfort and control they can get out of life.
Thanks to a swift horse powered by a mysterious elixir, he intercepts Domenico, wounding him mortally.
Back in the mists of time, power dressing was a thing for women who had to appear more masculine to be taken seriously, like stealth camouflage. Times, Sunday Times
Most people assume the higher the horsepower rating on the box, the better the air compressor.
This landmark and laudable legislative step would go a long way in women empowerment and gender equality.
Never overlook the significance of a power supply - an underpowered system will be prone not only to unreliable operation, but also to component damage.
An interlude of steel drum, tympani, and bongo injected a decidedly powerful tribal element to the experience.
The opening chapters are undeniably powerful. Times, Sunday Times
As they seated themselves at table Brahms, who had been in a brown study, suddenly proffered the company an extemporaneous criticism of Ivan's music, which he tore into miscroscopic bits, and flung upon the winds of sarcasm; after which he perorated elaborately upon his own power and the perfect academic accuracy of his style. The Genius
Within a 17th-century half-timbered house, at Le Bistro de Claude, some of the most powerful people in the cognac business are partaking of seriously good cuisine. A Slow Path to Perfection
This was replaced in 1956 by a bigger four-stroke engine offering 297 cubic centimetres of raw power.
Physical coercion is a power of diminishing returns. Positive Parent Power
But hey, I guess if we are operating under the assumption that soccer fans revel in unfairness at the hands of a central, arbitrary power, they they will probably love this change. The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right:
Rather than a game of skill and technique, golf is turning into a mere test of power.
The legislation could have given a right of appeal to the objectors in the same way as it is given to applicants but this it has not done and they are dependent on the limited powers of this court to intervene by way of judicial review.
During war, the right of postliminy can only be claimed in the tribunals of the belligerent powers, and not in the courts of neutrals; for by a general law of nations, neutrals have no right to enquire into any captures, except such as are an infringement of their own neutrality. [ The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping
The multilayered structure of power may thwart and complicate resistance. The Times Literary Supplement
Since no electric power plants have been built in the past 10 years, he must endure rolling blackouts at least once a week.
The Largo is done broadly and is less nostalgic than tragic; some suspect intonation from the wind choir reduces the music's power somewhat.
The political wheel had turned full circle, and he was back in power.
Tenements, rookeries, and cheap rooming districts exercised a huge symbolic power over the public imagination as centres of vice, squalor, drunkenness, traffic in sex and stolen goods, and general depravity.
Parker also said that much of what Rhee achieved in contract talks already existed in D.C. law but was not used by her predecessors, including the power to weaken seniority protections for teachers who are "excessed," or let go from their jobs because of school closures. D.C. Teachers' Union election will affect survival of Rhee's initiatives
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, he strayed into a two-mile wide no-fly zone over Heysham nuclear power station.
It provides a powerful method in laser assessment and alignment, and provides a diagnostic tool for measuring optical surfaces and transmissive components.
It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.
Couldn't you just take the pins out of a set of cottered cranks to make your own Powercranks? The New Spin: From Fixed to Broken
In Foshan, He Pinru's members include state-owned telecommunications and power companies, and real estate developers, who want to offer safe, good-quality food at employee canteens, he says. China's organic farms rooted in food-safety concerns
She claimed that nuclear power was the most environmentally safe form of energy.
The 660 is a short light powerful rifle not much harder to carry than a hogleg revolver. Some Odds and Ends
Compared with commissioners in other pro sports who are hired by team owners, he has considerably more power in regard to competition.
For any company the temptation to squirrel away funds is powerful. Times, Sunday Times
Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power.
The heavy-handed allusiveness may just be an aesthetic mistake, a secondary flaw we have to countenance while otherwise acknowledging the narrative power of the novel as a whole. Translated Texts
The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
He rebuilds a lab, on the sly, that is humongous, an undertaking requiring great wealth and a greater amount of equipment and manpower. Teenage armor: A review of the new Iron Man cartoon | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
The splendor of the ancient calligraphical productions of Greece, [79] and the still later ones of Rome, bear repeated testimony that the practice of this art had spread during the sixth century, if not earlier, to these powerful empires. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages

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