| Nests become social if a second foundress successfully usurps the nest with the original foundress remaining in the nest as a nonreproductive guard. |
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| If, however, a man takes vengeance outside the order of divine appointment, he usurps what is God's and therefore sins. |
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| Their role as mediators usurps the present-day ministry in heaven of Jesus Christ, our only Mediator, Advocate and High Priest. |
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| In fact, what it does is it usurps the authority of the courts by prescribing the minimum penalty and the maximum penalty. |
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| A lake dies when invaded with vegetation that usurps oxygen and suffocates it. |
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| Carbon monoxide usurps the place of oxygen in the red blood cells. As a result you are no longer able to absorb enough oxygen. |
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| Some gardeners might spurn a plant that usurps and overgrows their garden. |
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| In a criminal trial, equilibrium in the balance of power between the public ministry and the accused cannot be achieved if the judge usurps the role of one of the parties. |
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| Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth. |
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| Thirdly, they have called for the rejection of any illegitimate Government that usurps the place of the President of the Republic under any pretext. |
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| Answering a matrimonial advert, a woman usurps another woman's place. |
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| Known as SB1070, and controversial both because it could lead to discrimination against Latinos and because it usurps a federal prerogative, the law has not fully taken effect, and perhaps never will. |
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| But while many religious traditions hold that the mystic strives for a union with the deity, who usurps control of his ego, the prophet never loses control of his ego. |
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| This supposes a guarantee of fair competition between European products and those of third countries by, in particular, protecting European farmers against any product which usurps a recognised nomenclature. |
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| Any kind of improved cooperation is undoubtedly of benefit, as long as it does not degenerate to the effect that the EU usurps the decision-making powers of the Member States for itself. |
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| The dominant national memory usurps the recording and teaching of the national history and the designation of what should represent the national heritage. |
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| It usually uses deserted nests, though sometimes it usurps active ones. |
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| Detractors of judicial activism charge that it usurps the power of the elected branches of government or appointed agencies, damaging the rule of law and democracy. |
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