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.
All courts have the power to control the constitutionality of laws (non existence of a Constitutional Court).
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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Today, the ersatz Eiffel Towers and Chrysler Buildings symbolize China's power to control the world by transplanting Europe and the U.S. into its domain.
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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Professor RICHARD DEKMEJIAN: Now this is their perception: that we want to establish in Iraq a basis to project American power to control the oil and so on and so forth.
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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Part of the reason why it is popular is precisely that the queen is not a politician, and that this independent, arbitrarily chosen woman holds a reserve power to control politicians' behaviour.
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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The federal government is claiming with the ACA the unlimited power to control every economic decision every individual makes, which not only is a fantastic overreach of its constitutional authority but also a claim to possess the power to destroy the very Constitution from which it supposedly derives the authority to exercise the power.
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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.
Why are they clamoring to give even more power and control to the state, instead of seeking to free themselves from the very obstacle that stands in the way of any genuine economic progress?
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.
This compulsory defensive posture has handed the terrorists the power to initiate and control their clashes with Israeli forces.
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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