powers

Example Sentences

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Despite voting against the motion, Jeremy Miles had earlier warned Senedd members that if they were to do so "there would be no powers in the bill for Welsh ministers to implement assisted dying services in Wales or to oversee or regulate such services" if the practice were legalised by the Westminster legislation.

From BBC

The vote in Cardiff Bay was needed because the backbench law gives powers to the Welsh government to set rules for assisted dying services if it wishes to.

From BBC

It is the one that seems to be standing quietly in the corner that the court never talks about, certainly increasingly never talks about anymore, does not imbue with wonderful gifts of powers to be able to do wonderful things to make sure we all have this important protection.

From Slate

"China has risen to the ranks of the major powers," Merz said just before leaving Berlin Tuesday, stressing that "we want a partnership with China that is balanced, reliable, regulated and fair".

From Barron's

The preservation of federal foreign-policy powers led the justices to pre-empt a Massachusetts law that imposed sanctions on Burmese-made goods in Crosby v.

From The Wall Street Journal