The phrase "a ring of authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group or circle of individuals who hold power or influence in a particular context.
Example: "The council formed a ring of authority, ensuring that all decisions were made collectively and with the input of each member."
Alternatives: "circle of power" or "sphere of influence".
Though Stoppard would doubtless deny it, these pronouncements of Malquist's have a ring of authority which suggests the author speaking.
The group thought the word had broad appeal and a ring of authority, and did not obviously limit the group's scope to Long Island.
The Futurism of Italy's modernist era finds its fashion mirror at Armani, where the designer never wavers from his clear vision, giving his choice of long coats or supple jersey suits a ring of authority.
Or is he adjusting the course just slightly, with a few tweaks here and there, adding the luster of new management and a greater ring of authority?
But the performance lacked the technical assurance and polish required to give an initial outing the ring of authority.
But he agrees with many in the market that telling investors a stock is quotd in the Pink Sheets doesn't give it the same ring of authority as saying it is quotd on Nasdaq's Bulletin Board.
His formula for change, one of debate and engagement and gradualism, isn't terribly fashionable, but it has the ring of authority, and it is hard to dismiss the argument that if sanctions and isolation were going to work they would have shown signs of doing so by now.
In Jordan, the authorities seized a ring of Jordanian extremists suspected of plotting mayhem with munitions from Syria, while Jordanian military skirmishes with suspected Islamic militants traversing the Syria-Jordan border left a Jordanian corporal dead — the first military casualty suffered by Jordan in connection with the Syria conflict since it began 19 months ago.
Authorities said that a ring of thieves hit the building night after night over a three-month period, taking out more than 150,000 pounds of copper.
The wrong-way tactic is being attributed primarily to a ring of drug and immigrant smugglers that the authorities learned of only after that crash.
The Russian authorities have placed a "ring of steel" around Sochi, but there are growing fears that there could be further attacks close to or in Sochi itself.
