be in the power of
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If we continue to do thus, it will not be in the power of the execrable junto to prevent us from having a safe and honorable peace next winter.
From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by Wharton, James
No, thank you; hungry as I am, it shall never be in the power of any one to tell my auld mither in the Grass Market o' Edinboro' that her Charley had become a cannibal!
From Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude by Forbes-Mitchell, William
They looked eagerly out, but could scarcely believe that it would be in the power of those two occupants to rescue them.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva
One thing should certainly be done—the giving of concessions ought not to be in the power of Controllers, nor if Consul-Generals are amalgamated with Controllers as Residents should these Residents have this power.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
The Mediterranean, the Levant and Egypt, will be in the power of France the moment a British squadron ceases to have for base a good port protected by formidable fortifications....
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
