Sentence examples for assert greater authority from inspiring English sources

Victory in his first final as Liverpool captain would help Henderson assert greater authority, however.

Others detect the start of a trend whereby Chinese car manufacturers will assert greater authority over their Western and Japanese partners.

Some Iranian hard-liners are said to believe that such a war would benefit them, allowing them to close ranks and assert greater authority for the elite Revolutionary Guards.

Since 1870, there had been no papal state, which prompted Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII (1878-1903), to assert greater spiritual and pastoral authority.

A New York Times video follows the challenges faced by Ms. de Jesus and other residents of Complexo do Alemão as they grapple with the resurgence of violence following an effort by the authorities to assert greater control over big swaths of Rio.

Both the cabinet and the Chamber were determined to assert greater control over the war effort, so that the high command's authority was steadily whittled away.

It was perpetuated in part by European politics, as rival rulers supported either the pope in Rome or the pope in Avignon to assert ever greater authority over the church in their realms.

But, in future, the council hopes to assert much greater authority.An ambitious plan, advanced by Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish council member, is to get the coalition's soldiers out of the business of day-to-day urban administration and security, and to turn it over to Iraqis, who can interact more smoothly with the locals.

The president has no greater authority than the other six elected board members but can assert considerable influence.

The F.C.C. has shied away from asserting that voice and data moving on wireless networks are the same thing, which would allow it to apply its greater authority over phones to broadband access services.

Lee says whitelisting offers parents greater authority.