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The repeated refusal of GPs, social housing officers and social security staff to act as immigration officers also means that if more robust residence tests are to be introduced for other EU nationals then an easy and authoritative way is needed of checking how long they have been in the country and what their immigration status is.
"If he brings that same desire for a simple lifestyle to the papal court, I think they are all going to be in shock," the Rev Thomas Reese, author of an authoritative book on the Vatican, told the Associated Press.
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He was far more passionate, authoritative , and aggressive than Ryan.
The FT's brand of accurate, authoritative journalism can thrive, but only if it adapts to the demands of our readers in digital and in print, still a vital source of advertising revenues.
The redactions in the drone memo's footnotes are perhaps the most disturbing, because they suggest the existence of an entire body of secret law, a veritable library of authoritative legal opinions produced by Justice Department lawyers but withheld from the American public.
A justice department investigation of the FBI's published statistics has already revealed the worst from a data standpoint: more than half the people killed by local and state law enforcement officers in the US went uncounted in the country's most authoritative crime statistics every year, for almost a decade.
The authoritative study also identifies four hospital trusts where an unexpectedly high number of patients died after developing complications following routine operations.
A former director of the National, Sir Richard Eyre, told the Guardian: "There's every reason to think he will bring a different and authoritative eye, ear and voice to the National … it will be different, and it will be good".
The Bayern Munich midfielder was authoritative where Javier Mascherano could only appear flustered.
There is some gentle ribbing about her being the farmers' pin-up girl, but even the more taciturn rural types seem somewhat in awe of her, crossing the street to shake her hand and praising her authoritative handling of the foot and mouth crisis, imposing restrictions on local ports, despite contrary advice from London.
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Authority and reliability
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The adjective "authoritative" primarily functions to attribute a quality of expertise, reliability, and trustworthiness to a source, statement, or individual. Ludwig examples show it often modifies nouns like "guide", "study", "source", and "voice", emphasizing their credibility.
Expression frequency: Very common
