Owen tried to read what was behind Henry's response with his own lesser powers and could not.

If my house is to become a lesser power, then at least I may choose allies.

Even when they do, they hold positions of lesser power usually related to education and health.

We are not facing another space-traveling race with equal or lesser powers.

For all its fiery words, China, a lesser power, respects the strength of a superpower.

Not for him the lesser power and rewards of mere business.

Basically, it's a country or group of people that controls the political decisions of another lesser power.

That doesn't exclude getting a little help from a lesser power, now, does it?

Mr Thomlinson had always been the lesser power between them.

Opposition groups say that anyone with lesser powers would have been arrested.