Sentence examples for authorities like a from inspiring English sources

"Kids are anything but stupid, and are suspicious of adults," said Paul Brounstein, an expert on substance abuse at the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in Rockville, Md. "There are all kinds of things that work, but there is some data to support the idea that effective programs are done by known authorities, like a trusted counselor or master teacher, versus someone from Phoenix House".

But the Brooke Amendment would hit the nation's more than 3000 public housing authorities like a financial tsunami.

In the end, it may not have been so much the cliché that Durst wanted to get caught as his succumbing to his outsize ego by agreeing to do the documentary and by taunting the authorities, like a real-life Hannibal Lecter.

The authorities don't like a siren on a non-official vehicle.

Gen. Charles E. Williams commands the authority like a military outfit.

The communion lacks any central authority like a pope.

A leader with presence wears authority like a well-tailored suit.

The government debt market lacks an authority, like a bankruptcy court, that can sort out disputes between creditors and debtors.

Do results of tests involving attention change when they wear an item often associated with business careers or positions of authority, like a sports coat or blazer?

Mr. Lithgow, whose most memorable portraits have been of endearingly uncertain characters (as in "M. Butterfly"), here wears evil authority like a clanking suit of armor.

Then there are so many objectors – and that is why you need an authority like a development corporation, which is going to tough it out when the flak starts flying.