Sentence examples for authority less from inspiring English sources

And there are states now under this decision have less authority, less latitude, to enforce immigration laws".

HafenCity is being built on a prime parcel of land swapped from the harbor authority less than two decades ago.

The federal government gave the housing authority less money for the voucher program, known as Section 8, than the authority expected.

American presidents tend to get their authority less from direct popular mandate than from the powers of the presidency itself and from their behaviour in office.

And for all the rage and bluster that followed, a costly strike for New York City was called over a plan that would have saved the transit authority less than $20 million over the next three years.

I believe that setting up a new style of committee independent of Parliament would seem to make the role of Parliament less central, its responsibility and its authority less great.

Fashion authorities less influential than my columnist colleague in Paris suggest that pink has become temporarily dominant.

Last year, as much as $128m £84mm) worth of contraband was seized by authorities, less than 10 per cent of the amount estimated to come into Colombia.

This Shostakovich is a bundle of nerves, anxious to please authorities less out of an ironist's sense of the game than out of deep and irremediable fear, built up over decades.

"The proposed legislation would make authorities less accountable to the public and sharply curtail the city's ability to build affordable housing, create jobs and develop additional community space".

The nation also has a strong postwar tradition of tolerance, which has historically made authorities less willing to tackle threats directly.