Sentence examples for authority in the second from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, his independent position as head of finances was threatened by the Jacobin leader Maximilien Robespierre, who sought to concentrate all authority in the second Committee of Public Safety.

My understanding is that Gonzales is using 'inherent authority' in the second sense, but I don't think it's particularly helpful to cite precedents on the first type of inherent authority to support a claim of the second type of inherent authority.

Power in the Islamic Republic has traditionally been fragmented, particularly since the death in 1989 of Ayatollah Khomeini, the fount of all authority in the first decade after the revolution.

The second is the collapse of centralised imperial authority in the fifth century, and the transition to what Brown calls a "local Roman empire".

Woakes, who bowled with authority in the first warm-up match last week in Potchefstroom, was denied the opportunity to press his claims further.

Today, the weight bears down harder when the few are corrupt or fail to deliver on the promises that earned them authority in the first place.

When less aid than expected flowed into the Palestinian Authority in the first half of this year, there was an immediate impact.

Mr. Dyson served as chairman of the power authority in the first few years that Mr. Cuomo's father, Mario M. Cuomo, was governor.

At that time, Mr. Arafat was just beginning to assert his authority in the first blocks of territory ceded to the Palestinians under the Oslo accords.

But it appears that Medicare has made only limited use of this authority in the first year of the drug benefit.

He recovered form to captain Wolves with flair and authority in the first post-war official season, which began with a shattering 6-1 win against Arsenal.