The phrase "authority is only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the limitations or specific conditions of authority in a particular context.
Example: "In this organization, authority is only granted to those who have completed the necessary training."
Alternatives: "authority is merely" or "authority is solely".
This degree of authority is only rarely achieved in scholarship today, but it will become routine.
Still, the taming of official authority is only part of the battle.
Some scholars take a stringent libertarian, even anarchist, position on such matters: Political authority is only legitimate insofar as it is grounded in the express consent of those affected by its exercise.
But as currency traders have been reminded lately, to the anger of many, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is only committed to maintaining a floor of 7.8 but has not set a ceiling for the currency's value.
"The position is, however, different for members where a local authority is only entitled to fund a defence, but not a claim … the only condition is that the statements made must refer to and be defamatory of the individual concerned".
"Allah will not leave you to proceed with these elections even after us, because you are saying that authority is from people to people, which means that people should rule each other, but Allah says that the authority is only to him, only his rule is the one which applies on this land," Shekau says.
Hus was highly critical of the ecclesiastical hierarchy and argued that its authority was only spiritual.
By contrast, among women, a job with supposed authority was only intrinsically rewarding when it was coupled with their own perception of having real influence at work.
"The Palestinian Authority was only supposed to last five years," says Karma Nabulsi, a UK-based Palestinian academic, referring to the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement intended to pave the way for statehood.The frustration is compounded by the fact that the Palestinian negotiators have so little to show for their efforts.
At oral arguments, Justice Elena Kagan wondered aloud if recess appointment authority was only a "historic relic" of the "horse and buggy" age.
"Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any inherent wisdom.
