Sentence examples for authority were not from inspiring English sources

Some in authority were not just defective but deliberately obstructive.

Senior leaders in the Palestinian Authority were not happy with us.

Strangely, Ms. Kowroski's wit and authority were not matched by Joaquin De Luz's Oberon.

The issue of subpoena power was significant; Mr. Cuomo's investigators, because they lacked that authority, were not able to interview Mr. Baum or another Spitzer aide, Darren Dopp, the communications director, during the investigation.

Ballmer likes to note that the lines of authority were not clear, which is part of what makes thinking about his tenure complicated: "Before I became C.E.O., I felt pretty completely responsible for the company," Ballmer says.

I came to understand that his power and authority were not institutional, were not derived from his position as Bishop; but that, in some uncanny and unusual congruence of man and position, the most establishment of religious institutions had managed to find a man of such personal, moral, and spiritual power as to enhance and uplift the position he held.

And his authority is not unlimited.

Here, authority is not imposed top-down.

And authority is not respected.

Government authority is not to be squandered.

Its authority is not recognized by Hamas.