Customs officers have wide-ranging powers of entry, search and detention.

Each state has its own constitution, and a legislature and government with wide-ranging powers.

A new constitution granted wide-ranging powers to the regions.

They had wide-ranging administrative, military and judicial powers, but their jurisdiction never covered the whole province.

It gave the government wide-ranging powers, such as the ability to requisition buildings or land needed for the war effort.

But he has not had the wide-ranging decision-making power the mayor has now bequeathed to him.

This exception has in subsequent cases been used to allow courts to be vested with wide-ranging powers.

An example of this is that under most standard forms the supervising officer has wide-ranging powers to issue instructions.

The Community civil protection mechanism must be strengthened with greater resources and more wide-ranging powers.

Under the emergency decree, the police have wide-ranging powers to detain people for opposition activities.