be in the power of
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And what is most important of all is, that, although some things may be in our power, yet they will not be in the power of that man who assents to nothing.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke
The Mediterranean, the Levant and Egypt, will be in the power of France the moment a British squadron ceases to have for base a good port protected by formidable fortifications....
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
Whether it may be in the power of Congress to adopt any measures which can in any manner counteract the design of the enemy is submitted to their wisdom.
From Patrick Henry by Tyler, Moses Coit
It ought not to be in the power of Congress, either by treaty or otherwise, to alienate part of any state without the consent of the legislature. 2d.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
He felt his life to be in the power of each of those blackguards, with whom, in wretched equality, he had been drinking on the previous evening.
From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Trollope, Anthony
