Local authorities have been given more power to control where houses are converted to multiple occupancy.
The Fed really had little power to control either bank reserves or interest rates.
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In the short run, however, the province may have little power to control its economic fortunes.
So we've got our kids who are struggling with things that we have the power to control.
The government of Thailand has run up against similar limits to its power to control the international Web.
Inveigling his way into prime minister Indira Gandhi's inner circle, Ambani found the power to control yarn prices.
There should be no doubt whatsoever that these institutions have the power to control the direction of global currencies.
As the government agency that manufactures patents, the PTO has a lot of power to control its manufacturing process.
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Recommendations included giving the council more power to control the number of off-licences selling alcohol, and the provision of English language courses.
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For if we gain the power to control the emissions of carbon dioxide, we have gained the power to control every aspect of human life.
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Meanwhile, some excessively self-absorbed copyright holders have been lobbying on multiple fronts for expanded power to control everything from the Internet to the electronic devices people use to access music or movies.
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The reason the ban is limited to these two countries is that our legal power to control these goods is based on the risk that they could cause harm to UK and other friendly forces.
Omega sued Costco for selling its watches for prices below suggested retail, citing a tiny Omega logo on the goods that it said gave it the copyright holders power to control how creative works are distributed.
Now five years into the Massachusetts plan, Governor Deval Patrick is about to sign into law a far-reaching cost containment bill that will create an 11-member Health Policy Commission very similar to IPAB except that it will astonishing power to control the practice and organization of medicine.
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Around that time, the cutlers claimed that "foreigners" were largely to blame for poor quality merchandise: "When it is remembered that a 'foreigner' was not simply an alien but anyone, Londoner or otherwise, who was not free of the City - a freedom gained through membership of a mistery - the extent of their power to control the trade will be appreciated, " adds Girtin.
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But what about the potential for power companies to control your loads remotely?
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Newcastle University sociologist Dr Judy Richards tells Inside Out that the internet has given women the freedom and power to take control of that aspect of their lives.
In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.
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Surgeons may also not feel they have the power or control to terminate a procedure being publicly broadcast.
Granted, the returns on your current investments look good in today's economy, and you are using the power of leverage to control multiple assets.
We have the power to determine and control our own reputation, whether through our actions at the workplace or through what we decide to Tweet.
As for the liquid lens, Nippon Electric Glass' version uses low-power electric field to control its liquid crystal molecular orientation, thus changing the focal point.
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It didn't matter that I had planned that moment for the past four years, it didn't matter that I had done everything in my power to try and control the situation.
The same could be said of the Dodd-Frank law, which gives new and expanded federal bureaucracies vast, new discretionary power with which to control the financial services industry and any other company they deem a systemic risk.
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The Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude has said that the coalition government has a common ground in their belief to "give people much more power to shape their lives and to control the environment in which they live".
The power and utility companies like to have control over the power supply and control over the transmission lines.
An astonishing 16% of respondents said they would be willing to give up control to the power company even if they received no benefit from lower rates and even if they had no override power over the remote control.
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Friend wants to power it wirelessly--and learn to control it so it won't get lost.
Second, they are looking for ways to use that information to control the flow of power fast enough to avoid blackouts.
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