Sentence examples for authority held from inspiring English sources

It also heavily emphasizes the authority held by those with these titles.

It's a matter of undermining the destructive certainty of moral authority held by the superstitious.

Clearly, submission to higher authority held an enormous attraction for Aury.

And at Columbus Circle on Monday, where the authority held a briefing on the plan, the increasing tech-friendliness of the city's transit network was clear.

The Foreign Minister's authority held, and as time went on and Brezhnev's health began to fail, the Soviet leader increasingly left his foreign policy to Mr. Gromyko.

Earlier this week, the authority held out the possibility that the fare could be maintained if deep service cuts were imposed.

Most of the pledges are intended for the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority holds sway.

The Palestinian Authority holds little autonomy and dwindling legitimacy and has been actively repressing grass-roots activism.

Every local authority holds an electoral register for its area, which indicates who is registered to vote.

The Japanese legal doctrine of "apparent authority" holds firms accountable for their employees' actions, provided those actions are carried out within the scope of their normal work.

If his authority holds, he could be on his way to metamorphosing from a militant firebrand into a sober statesman capable of bridging Iraq's divisions.