Sentence examples for authority of official from inspiring English sources

Thanks in no small part to Daniel Ellsberg, the authority of official Washington no longer feels unitary and unquestionable.

Received ideas, and especially aesthetic values sanctioned by the authority of official institutions, were distrusted, and the individual was pitted against society.

The raid was part of a continuing pattern of arrests, fines and other harassment of so-called house churches, mainly evangelical Protestant groups that have quietly spread their faith to tens of millions of Chinese while refusing to accept the authority of official religious bodies.

Far from a stand-alone saga, the McChrystal story reflects a widespread development of our time - an undermining of authority of official institutions and a willingness on the part of those who operate within them to flout their bureaucracy or chain of command structure.

The rift would emerge only later: from the subsequent institutionalization of Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's doctrine of "One Ruler, One Authority, One Mosque" -- these three pillars being taken respectively to refer to the Saudi king, the absolute authority of official Wahhabism, and its control of "the word" (i.e. the mosque).

Merenre, also spelled Mernere, also called Merenre Antyemsaf, fourth king of the 6th dynasty (c. 2325 c. 2150 bce) in ancient Egypt, who extended the authority of one official over all Upper Egypt and encouraged intensive exploration and trade in Nubia.

Fabio Luisi, the Met's principal conductor, has brought comprehensive skills and deep experience to the house but has lacked the authority of an official music director to make long-term decisions.

This included myriad UN agencies in a single country coming under the authority of one official, and working more closely with the governments of those countries, which often had no idea what the UN was doing.

The idea is that technology is expressed through - not in conflict with - the authority of the official on the ground.

Largely unregulated, the police presence undermines the authority of school officials: New York City public school officials have essentially no authority over on-site police officers.

Imperially authorized persecutions were limited and sporadic, with martyrdoms occurring most often under the authority of local officials.