1.   A rune weapon will lose its powers for this time, and other rune-based magic items will be similarly affected.

2.   After the accident she lost the power of speech.

3.   Any car that does enter such a forbidden zone will lose all power, and remain until the traffic-warden arrives.

4.   Becky had long ago lost the power to shock them.

5.   How did the problematic modern assumptions eventually lose their power to convince after several hundred years of dominance?

6.   Many birds lose the power of flight - for there are no large predators to make it worthwhile.

7.   She was so surprised that for a few seconds she lost the power of speech.

8.   Some birds have lost the power of flight over millions of years.

9.   The legion lost its power to recruit foreigners, and the special pay rates that rewarded tougher conditions.

10.   The party lost power three years ago after a spate of political scandals.