Sentence examples for authority and standing from inspiring English sources

On the contrary, they said, he had abused his authority and standing in order to carry out his crimes.

Authority and standing are still essential attributes, but they do not come from hard power as much as from soft-power skills, problem-solving, cooperative approaches and personal self-restraint.

But if they win and therefore would presumably have the authority and standing to defend Prop 8 as the new government-defenders, Whitman would not take office on Jan .3. "She wouldn't be governor yet," Jacobs told The Bee. "The appeals court will decide before there would be a change of governor and attorney general".

"The idea is to create a body that has gravitas and authority to speak for Indigenous people; it would have political force and authority, and moral standing.

He has effortless authority in standing and delivering mime gestures.

It could involve the UK having some form of greater federal structure to give the EU deal greater authority and legal standing, he added.

"The Pope is acutely aware of the grave conflicts in the Middle East and he will use his moral authority and international standing to promote peace at every opportunity," he said, adding that were an invitation from Mr Rouhani to materialise this week, then Francis would be likely to accept it.

It was quite a scene: I watched a company of newly trained, proud and professional-looking Palestinian Authority troops, standing at attention, AK-47 assault rifles at their side, listening with obvious respect to the American general telling them: "What you've done has done more to advance the Palestinian national project than anything else..

"It's an insult for anybody of authority or standing to sign off on him with their approval and say, 'Oh, he's forgiven,'" Cumberbatch explained.

But the Guantánamo base commander asked the local commander in Cuba to expand the authority to a standing basis, and Havana agreed, administration officials said.

The Supreme Court ruled that ProtectMarriage, the sponsors of Proposition 8, lacked legal authority or standing to appeal Walker's ruling blocking the ballot initiative.