Sentence examples for authority to exercise from inspiring English sources

Deeming the nation alone to be sovereign, they, as its representatives, claimed sole authority to exercise that sovereignty.

But does the president have the constitutional authority to exercise this power without first obtaining Congressional consent?

It remains the responsibility of the person granting the authority to exercise appropriate oversight to ensure that sub-delegates exercise their sub-delegation with care and responsibility.

Police, it then was felt, were clothed with authority to exercise an almost infinite variety of discretionary powers that could seriously affect members of the public.

I should clarify that I am not suggesting supervisors lacked authority to exercise their discretion to enjoin dividends in the pre-CCAR era.

So long as the separation-of-powers conflict remained hypothetical, the court held, it had no authority to exercise the extraordinary remedy of mandamus.

In fact, the policy allows authorities to exercise some discretion, particularly in the case of convicted felons.

The Foreign Office said: "We deplore any use of excessive force and urge the Guinean authorities to exercise restraint and ensure the safety and security of its people".

But it has permitted the Islamic authorities to exercise control over the two ancient mosques and the great stone plaza on top.

We've done this through a combination of rehousing using our own social housing stock, working with local authorities to exercise homelessness legislation to protect victims, and putting reciprocal arrangements in place with other housing providers.

In the US, a White House spokesman urged the Hong Kong authorities to "exercise restraint" and protesters to "express their views peacefully".