In broad terms, though, they said trusts had received the theoretical power to vary terms and conditions as long ago as 1990 under the Conservatives.

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Or it could be a motion to punish the offender - Parliament has a theoretical power to jail people for contempt, and the building does contain a cell for this purpose.

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Nuclear fusion, a theoretical way of harnessing power by fusing atoms which is still under development, may one day provide a cleaner alternative to the world's energy problem.

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There arises at some point the at least theoretical threat that if one gives a Protector the power to both fire and appoint a Trustee, the Protector will appoint herself as the Trustee.

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This produces a characteristic wiggle on a graph, a so-called power spectrum, which can then be matched against theoretical expectation.

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