They have discretionary power to support students in further or higher education, including those who study part time.

"A judge with some discretionary power would take all that into consideration," he said.

The third reason is the discretionary power to adjust class shares.

In fact they have discretionary powers on all empty houses.

We must therefore leave developing countries some discretionary powers in this area.

In brief the bill gave too much discretionary power to the secretary of the interior.

"I have a certain amount of discretionary power when I'm operating undercover in the field."

Discretionary power and the opportunity to exercise it exist at all levels of police organizations.

The act gave bishops the discretionary power to order a stay of proceedings.

But the law also gives the President discretionary power to impose a number of other sanctions.

Nothing was done to arrest this by the local council, which had discretionary powers to do so.

The King gave him discretionary powers to negotiate a separate peace.

As an officer with discretionary powers, I will exercise them on my best judgment.

Discretionary power of prosecution could also be used in deviant ways.

Sometimes great success brings actors more discretionary power than they can comfortably use.

"They have a lot of discretionary power, and they use it."

Much the same is true of the discretionary powers of the police.

Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

This concerns in particular the degree of discretionary power conferred to the Agency.

As such advocates of the principle are normally against discretionary powers.

But don't forget that I have fairly wide discretionary powers under your uncle's will.

The police have certain discretionary powers when dealing with petty criminals.

Commissioners still have strong discretionary powers to impose discipline in certain areas.

The office also has a discretionary power to investigate post-release deaths.

The resulting structure would be similar to other parliamentary republics where the President has very little or no discretionary power.