be in the power of
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In a word, it would be in the power of such a force, or combination and opposition of forces, to turn the earth again to its original chaos.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
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 John Holland Rose
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 William Forbes-Mitchell
The question was already raised in England whether for the future it was to be in the power of the King and his ministers, or in the authority of Parliament.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke
Whether it may be in the power of Congress to adopt any measures which can in any manner counteract the design of the enemy is submitted to their wisdom.
From Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler
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