Examples of 'been in power' in a sentence

Meaning of "been in power"

The phrase 'been in power' is typically used in a political context to indicate that someone or a group has held positions of authority, control, or leadership. It suggests that the individuals or party mentioned have had governing or influential roles, often for an extended period, and have exercised significant decision-making power

How to use "been in power" in a sentence

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They have been in power for too long.
That is what we have done since we have been in power.
Congress has been in power for a long time.
Length of time incumbent has been in power.
Her son had been in power for a year.
Partly that is the result of their not having been in power.
The ministers have been in power long enough.
I have been in power for as long as you have been an officer.
These leaders have been in power since then.
The people are the people who have always been in power.
Mussolini had been in power for thirteen years.
They are the same set that has always been in power.
We have been in power for only one year.
Coup has followed coup and countless regimes have been in power.
Hitler had been in power for one year.

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What concerns me most is that this government has been in power for two years.
We have been in power for the past three terms.
Twelve prime ministers have been in power during her reign.
He has been in power for almost two years now.
I will ask the ones who have been in power for three times.
He would been in power for less than four years.
This is what happens when a political party has been in power for too long.
Mubarak has been in power ever since.
Nor any time during the one and a half year it has been in power.
They have been in power for many years now.
Egypt held its first parliamentary election since the previous regime had been in power.
He had only been in power for a year.
Imagine how different things might be if Hitler had been in power today.
Hitler had only been in power for six years.
We have heard it for the five years Harper has been in power.
They have been in power for a very long time.
Where would unemployment figures be today if the GOP had been in power.
Hitler had now been in power for five years.
Not since the Europeans raped our ancestors have we truly been in power.
The country has been in power deficit for decades.
I am fine with the fact that Vladimir Putin has been in power so long.
Hitler had been in power for four years.
I denounced the dictatorial power of President Eyadema who has been in power for thirty years.
It has been in power ever since.
I would remind the Liberals that they have been in power for three years now.
He had been in power six months.
Labor Government has been in power.
Hitler had been in power for three years at this time.
I remind the member that Liberals have now been in power for well over three years.
We have been in power longer than any party since the war.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been in power for two decades.
He had been in power for just seventeen days when he had been deposed.
Putin has been in power.
For twenty years the Conservative Party had been in power.
Some presidents had been in power more than thirty years.

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