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China's problem was an overmighty state: it got civilisation too soon.

Your Majesty has a good many overmighty subjects with great ambitions for themselves and their friends.

A less overmighty metropolis may be no bad thing.

Business thanked Thatcher for breaking the overmighty power of unions.

Thomas of Lancaster is an example of an overmighty subject.

But they also dislike the idea of overmighty judges.

In effect, that spares the overmighty army from civilian oversight.

A homeowning democracy is a bulwark against an overmighty state.

But unless he does, he may face an overmighty force, and one that starts to lose the trust of Mexicans.

That crushing defeat seemed to stop the government's drive to devolve power from Britain's overmighty central state.

If the Tories really want a less overmighty central government, they need to be bolder about financial devolution.

Today, the overmighty subject is the bankers.

A weak France leaves Germany exposed as the overmighty villain.

Such was the power of organised labour that many feared overmighty trade unions would bring not just the government but also the country to its knees.

It is only with hindsight that Gloucester can be seen as another overmighty subject, wilfully created by a king who should have known better.

His disgrace would be the final, dying victory for the bad guys, the revenge of the overmighty press as it falls like Lucifer.

The EU was overmighty and too secular.

He understands that an overmighty executive is undesirable, and that arbitrary power is dangerous.

In comes the view unbridled competition cannot be relied upon to tackle overmighty businesses that abuse their monopolistic powers.

"There cannot be such a thing as a democratic coup," he said, mindful of the overmighty Turkish generals he has brought to heel.

First, history shows the Lords is the only institution which has stood up to overmighty governments whose dominance in the Commons led to unreasonable actions.

A heavily whipped Commons is nothing like as effective a check on the overmighty state as the Lords has proven in practice.

At first blush, this looks like a straightforward tale of good and bad, of plucky hacks versus the overmighty state.

Now, one in every 10 of Turkey’s previously overmighty generals is behind bars, as magistrates investigate a baroque series of alleged coup plots.