Sentences with phrase «substantial power over»

In fact, first nations opponents, he said, wield substantial power over projects such as Enbridge's proposed $ 5.5 - billion Northern Gateway pipeline, the biggest in its history.

Opponents, including some Syracuse residents and Miner, argue the consolidation would gut city representation in a new city - county government, and that county residents would have substantial power over city residents and control decision - making.

With its substantial powers over issues like financial services regulation, free trade agreements and EU migrants» access to welfare, the EP could emerge as one of the biggest obstacles to Cameron's strategy.

The keeping of personal communication for 12 months and the ability to conduct deep - packet inspection allows authorities substantial powers over citizens.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

Over the last three years, we have developed a proprietary business model that has enabled us to lock - up substantial low - cost clean power capacity and a stable supply of computing chips from the leading manufacturers.

It should be noted that, although their power to amend the source code is effectively subject to the approval of users and miners, the Core Developers have substantial influence over the development of the Bitcoin Network and the direction of the Bitcoin community.

But this generated a substantial change; a precedent for the victory of the law of the community over the arbitrary exercise of power.

This time, we achieved a substantial majority in favour of law making powers, meaning that, for the first time in over 600 years, laws that effect only Wales are made only in Wales.

«Restricting the devolution to rates and thresholds, while keeping powers over tax reliefs and definitions of income at Westminster, will transfer substantial budgetary powers while maintaining a common tax base across the UK.

Hart said a key question next week would be how the program would seek to avoid advantaging provinces with substantial renewable energy resources over those that are more dependent on coal - fired power, like Liaoning in northeastern China, which is known as the country's Rust Belt.

Although wireless - power technology has been applied to smartphones, it could not offer any substantial advantages over traditional wired charging because the devices still require close contact with the transmitter, a charging pad.

Unlike the Charter Schools Act upheld in Booth, which provided for a mix of state and local powers, the voucher program gave the local school board, in the court's words, «no substantial discretion over the educational program embodied in the voucher program,» thus violating the state constitution.

Aston Martin is yet to divulge any performance stats for the DBS Superleggera, however expect a substantial power hike over the DB11 V12's 600bhp, with changes to the induction, exhaust, injection system and turbocharging and intercooling resulting in a near 700bhp peak power output.

Work on the Mk7.5 GTI's eminently tunable EA888 engine has boosted power and torque to 355bhp and 347 lb ft respectively — up 128bhp and 89 lb ft over the standard GTI — though Oettinger has so far neglected to detail how exactly it realised these substantial gains.

The aluminum - block 3.6 - liter boasts a substantial power increase with a modest fuel economy benefit over the Grand Cherokee's outgoing 3.7 - liter unit.

Rpm range over which an engine delivers a substantial portion of its peak power.

These power figures are substantial increases over the outgoing S - Class V - 8's numbers, yet emissions have also been reduced, with help from variable valve timing.

The Good Even with only three cylinders, the 2014 Mini Cooper gets a substantial power boost over the previous generation.

Its power figure rises by 40bhp and the torque figure by 41 lb ft over the standard supercharged V8 petrol used in lesser Ranger Rovers, to a substantial 543bhp and 502 lb ft of torque.

At over $ 51,000, this high - powered GLA's starting price is over $ 17,000 more than a base GLA, a substantial bump for a small - luxury - crossover SUV.

The 150PS 2.2 - litre four - cylinder diesel engine replaces the previous2.5 - litre unit in the Ranger line up, and with a substantial 375Nm of torque offers over 13 per cent more pulling power.

The power of compounding is the magic that can turn small, regular investments into a substantial pile of money over time.

Exxon has paid substantial sums to serve in a leadership capacity at ALEC, both on the group's corporate board and on energy - related issue task forces, where corporations introduce «model» legislation and hold de facto veto power over what bills are subsequently promoted by ALEC.

If the tax is substantial, natural gas might serve as a bridge to an increased use of non-emitting technologies over time, including renewables and nuclear power.

A problem: «Despite a substantial increase in the power of the sun over billions of years the temperature of the Earth has remained remarkably stable.

In the US, there has been substantial political pressure over the role of coal in the electricity system, leading to energy secretary Rick Perry to order a study on grid reliability and baseload power, which led to a controversial rule from the US Department of Energy allowing conventional generators to receive costs from suppliers to remain available, even when they are not required by the market.

More demanding tasks tended to deplete it quicker, predictably — a five - hour stretch of tethering contributed to a substantial dip over the period of a few hours — but for the most part, the Honor 8 was incredibly power - efficient.