1.   A series of Acts followed which strengthened the powers of magistrates.

2.   His new wife was Beatrice of Burgundy, and the Marriage was part of the complex Second Plan to strengthen imperial power.

3.   Seven opposition members of the Assembly abstained from the vote, claiming that the new status strengthened the powers of the executive at the expense of the judiciary.

4.   This particular proposal was not carried further, but the ensuing legislation did strengthen the powers for making agreements.

5.   A third proposal would have strengthened the powers of the Federal Election Commission.

6.   But as a result of recent problems, foreign financial regulators are now looking at ways to strengthen their power.

7.   In the factories, unions were being given the power to organize by majority vote, strengthening their power to raise wages.

8.   Instead he addressed the relatively powerless Parliament, a gesture that aides said was intended to show his support for strengthening civilian power here.

9.   It would strengthen state powers, for instance, to declare quarantine, call in military help or compel doctors or hospitals to care for casualties.