Despite its lack of formal power the nobility was not powerless.

尽管没有正式的权力，贵族阶层并非没有权势。

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And Mr Obasanjo will retain considerable formal power as the party chairman.

而奥巴桑乔先生也还将担任党的领导人，继续执掌大权。

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In this article, we discuss some exceptional sets in formal power series field.

本文研究了形式级数域中若干连分数例外集。

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Let me talk for a while about some of the formal features of Hobbes' sovereign power, of the Hobbesian state.

接下来我要说说,霍布斯关于君主权力和他理想下的国家',应当具有的一些特征。

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The Commission has no formal power, but it recommends laws that are passed by many, if not all, states with some variations.

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The forum has no formal power to impose decisions on member states, but it is hoped that discussions will discourage countries from taking unilateral action.

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As for the other two proposals, on giving investors the formal power to block pay awards and on forcing the remuneration committee to have a workforce rep as a voting member, goodness only knows whether they will be enacted or squished.

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