Sentence examples for authority to alter from inspiring English sources

The authority to alter apportionment can be an important tool in maintaining the power of the incumbent political party.

In its 2013 budget proposal, the Obama administration has asked for authority to alter the composition of the nickel, too.

This was the college's first budget since a lawsuit allowed the college to limit the county's authority to alter the budget or tuition rates.

"He found that in cases of international war crimes the constitution did not give him the authority to alter the court's ruling.

"No editor has the authority to alter or remove previously published Tharunka articles," the chair of the board, Ben Heenan, said in a statement.

In 1903 a system of national textbooks was enacted, giving the Ministry of Education the authority to alter texts in accordance with political currents.

The elections were for local advisory councils with no lawmaking authority or ability to alter the status quo in one of the world's few remaining absolute monarchies.

With the promise of mineral riches, Afghan authorities could begin to alter the sad arc of Afghanistan's recent history.

Moreover, nowhere in its documents does InterActive tell investors how much its earnings could be hurt if tax authorities require it to alter its practices.

In the last two years authorities have tried to alter the curriculum to be more conservative, canceling programs such as concerts, plays and even student-run philosophy discussion groups.  .

In an attempt to comply with the ruling, Texas authorities have tried to alter state rules to license the family detention centers as child care facilities -- a feat of bureaucratic acrobatics that to many advocates amounts to stamping a friendly sounding label on a prison for moms and kids.