Sentence examples for authority over several from inspiring English sources

Gnam-ri srong-brtsan imposed his authority over several Qiang tribes on the Chinese border and became known to the Sui dynasty (581 618) as the commander of 100,000 warriors.

Initially the earls wielded administrative authority over several (modern) counties, but, after the Norman Conquest in 1066, the earl's duties were theoretically restricted to a single county, although some were earls of more than one county.

Some patriarchs exercised authority over several dioceses: the bishop of Rome over the entire West; the bishop of Alexandria over the dioceses of Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis; and, after the Council of Chalcedon (451), the bishop of Constantinople over the dioceses of Pontus, Asia, and Thrace.

Together, they retained direct authority over several thousand fighters.

According to authorities, over several years, the cartel spent a million dollars a month on expensive horses and raced them in competitive events.

Michael Eizenberg, a player and an American organizer of the tournament, said it was no small thing, involving meeting after meeting with Cuban authorities over several years to arrange for the playing of the national anthem and the display of the American flag.

Such networks extend over several countries and hence beyond the jurisdiction of any one law enforcement authority.

Although the Founders, consistent with their beliefs in limited government, opposed granting the new federal government significant authority over slavery, several individual Northern Founders promoted antislavery causes at the state level.

Once the election was over, authorities in several provinces declared health emergencies as deaths from swine flu rose to 35.

In MeCA, the secret key and functions of certification authority (CA) are distributed over several MRs. For secret sharing and redistribution, we develop the fast verifiable share redistribution (FVSR) scheme, which works for threshold cryptography and minimizes the possibility of secret disclosure when some shareholders are compromised by adversaries.

The agency was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to consolidate financial consumer protection authority that was spread over several banking agencies.