1.   A new power to suspend sentences of imprisonment was added by Jenkins, at the instigation of the judiciary.

2.   Although regulations relating to health and safety have a long history, the sweep and scope of the new powers are unprecedented.

3.   And when they do, new powers often emerge, new energies are brought to play, new vistas begin to open.

4.   He asked for approval of a constitution with sweeping new presidential powers in the failed referendum last week.

5.   In April local councils acquired an important new power.

6.   New powers to refuse wastes and revoke licences are potentially powerful weapons in controlling the movement and safe disposal of wastes.

7.   Police officers are being given new powers to help combat crime.

8.   Some came to seek the new power, some to chuckle, others to satisfy their curiosity.

9.   Soon entrepreneurs of every stripe thought of ways to put this new power source to work.