Other work now began. This work would make the dam into one of the largest producers of electric power ever built.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

She's making a strong a claim as is possible to make for her potential for rhetorical power.

她提出一个强有力的要求,因为这可能有助于她掌握话语权的潜力。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

These political clubs or parties use their influence to incense the populous using their power to whip up dangerous passions that tend to make American politicians closer to demagogues than to statesmen.

用他们的权力激怒群众,用他们的权力激起危险的热情,致使美国政治家,趋近于蛊惑民心的政客,而非政治家。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"Do not doubt my power. I am ready to make this cheek as perfect as its pair."

VOA: special.2009.09.26

In other words, the banks were like customers of the Bank of England; they had to keep deposits there and the Bank of England watched them to make sure that they were behaving responsibly and had authority over them because it had market power.

换句话说，其他银行在英国就像是英国银行的客户;,其他银行不得不把钱存放在英国银行那,英国银行业负责监管着,其他银行的商业行为,也指挥着其他银行,因为英国银行有着控制市场的力量。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He used the position to try to make the public recognize the dangers of nuclear power as well as its possibilities for good.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

The expression "to bulldoze" also means to make someone helpless, usually by using power or threatening violence.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

We shall continue to use it, until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

These huge and colorful paintings make a political statement about her rise to power.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

MICHELLE OBAMA: "There are few things that are more rewarding than to watch young people recognize that they have the power to make their dreams come true.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

They said Sherman had no power to make any kind of political settlement.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

It had the power Hubble needed to make his major discoveries.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

"And we will continue to make that case through our Swiss protecting power who represents the United States in Tehran,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Nepal's former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned last month after Maoists led massive protests demanding that he make way for a power sharing government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Green Seal's Arthur Weissman says that in addition to government, consumers have the power to make the economy green, and they are starting to do that.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Uranium enrichment is the process used to make fuel for nuclear power plants, but when extended it can also produce fissile material for an atomic bomb.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

"Unfortunately,the plan being promoted by the White House would give Washington the power to make highly personal medical decisions on behalf of patients,on behalf of you,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

He says UMNO maintained power for years by giving special treatment to its core constituency - ethnic Muslim Malays, who make up 60 percent of the population.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Many Israeli observers believe that with the current leadership in power in Iran, Israel can make a stronger case for economic sanctions and possibly military action against Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

Congressman Price, who is also a medical doctor, rejects the president's claim that his initiative would not put excessive power to make medical decisions in the hands of the government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

There is also the issue of coalition rule. Even if a party wins a small percent of the vote, it may be enough to make them a player in a power sharing deal.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

"How it is impacting Pakistan and especially in the areas of drug trafficking, in the areas of corruption that exist in Afghanistan which have given power to a lot of warlords which make Afghanistan in a state of perpetual instability."

VOA: standard.2009.05.05