Sentences with phrase «demanding sweeping powers»

In both cases, it's clear the agencies were demanding sweeping powers to maximise their room for manoeuvre in the future.

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Just last year, the federal government was championing a law that would have granted police sweeping new powers to monitor Canadians» e-mail and demand customer information from Internet service providers.

In recognition that the questionable activities of the Police in recent days may cause some outlet of frustration, i hope the Home Secretary Theresa May manages to avoid yet another outbreak of intemperate demands for a State of Emergency, or other sweeping Police State powers.

Much of China's wind power is installed in remote, wind - swept regions like Inner Mongolia and Gansu, where power demand is low.