Sentence examples for any semblance of authority from inspiring English sources

The extremists man checkpoints, and any semblance of authority or governance has vanished.

I11 a Crown colony where there is no system of representative government a Chamber of Commerce is of great importance, for it is the only body which can, with any semblance of authority, voice the feelings of the commercial community on questions that from time to time come before the Government for consideration.

How can Pardew demand discipline and control from his players, and deliver this message with any semblance of authority, when he is such a serious serial offender himself?

Ignore the FA... it's not their fault, insomuch as they're utterly ineffectual when it comes to enforcing any semblance of authority over the professional game.

As it is, Pakistan will do well to regain any semblance of confidence second time around.

After successfully arguing for the chance to test a new Army counterinsurgency strategy that he himself wrote, General Petraeus flooded Iraq's cities with American forces, creating the military presence necessary to re-establish at least a semblance of authority in areas that had been taken over by extremist militias or terrorist groups.

Perhaps three years of residency training and four years of medical school lends at least a semblance of authority to my diminutive frame.

There was a semblance of authority and structure there that was so far away in 2006," said Walter, who is now pursuing a mechanical engineering degree at UCLA.

Throughout the second half of the 16th and first half of the 17th centuries, the Aravidu Dynasty tried to maintain a semblance of authority in the southern parts after losing their northern territories in the Battle of Talikota.

Perhaps that same semblance of authority can explain why young, college-bound women seem to be employing the creak.

I scan over the questions and read them out with some semblance of authority I do not have.