Sentence examples for an authority over from inspiring English sources

Law became a tool of the ruler, not an authority over him.

He is not only secure in his position as leader, but has also acquired an authority over his traditionally assertive party.

Its methods make it possible for women, illiterates and lower-caste people to assert an authority over government that for most has been merely a distant abstraction.MKSSers live their egalitarian beliefs.

If so, it's a familiar, if condescending, argument, and one that, in assuming political consciousness to be superior to other kinds, presumes an authority over private lives that is, ultimately, chilling in its implications.

They can assert an authority over themselves that challenges the authority of their very own reason.

"As a leader you will have an authority over your followers.

Religion premises an absolute authority over the self, which trumps everything else.

The family planning bureau does not have an administrative authority over other bureaus and thus cannot command other bureaus.

Our findings suggest that a person admitted to a permanent care home will cost a local authority over £38,000 on average, less means-tested user payments.

Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Wednesday that would create a regional authority over the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.

PNM can be quite an obstacle, says Mayor Coss, "because they have a monopoly authority over power-lines, they simply disallow community solar systems to use them".