Sentence examples for authority are held from inspiring English sources

Sometimes I feel as if I've landed in a Patricia Cornwell novel, where all positions of authority are held by women.

It is an era where institutions and figures of authority are held in a lower regard than ever before.

In general family-centered care and parental decision making authority are held in high regard by healthcare professionals in the neonatal field with the proviso that ultimate, well-informed decisions should be made in the best interests of the child.

Legislative authority is held by a single chamber, the Assembly of the People's Representatives.

During his reign the real authority was held by his grandmother (until her death in 226) and his mother.

The local authority is holding a series of meetings in the autumn to ask the public where savings could be made.

Sotoudeh said Iranian authorities are holding many civil and political activists on bogus security charges.

United States authorities are holding dozens of detainees in makeshift facilities in Afghanistan.

It is not clear why Iranian authorities are holding Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Hospital authorities are holding about 70,000 afghanis — roughly $1,500 — for her until she is ready to begin building a new life.

Belgian authorities are holding 10 people suspected of involvement with Abdeslam, but there has been no report of him being sighted.