1.   But it is surely not hard to see that consumer choice is an inadequate means of curbing corporate power.

2.   An important proposal was that the government should have an antitrust policy to curb monopoly power in business.

3.   The republic failed to curb its powers.

4.   Even the attempt to limit the number of members each guild or craft might have on the council did not curb the power of the greater companies.

5.   Alternative sources of supply and a global economy that is less dependent on petroleum have curbed its power.

6.   Amid recent calls by politicians to curb its powers, however, the ministry has agreed to spin off a financial surveillance agency in June.

7.   And many high-court justices agree with him, voting last term to curb federal power in areas such as laws banning guns near local schools.

8.   Berlusconi was suddenly on the defensive over a government decree viewed as a ruthless attempt to curb the powers of corruption investigators.