Sentence examples for carrying authority from inspiring English sources
It was reported recently that a well-qualified teacher in Fujian province was fired when it was found that he was four centimetres shorter than the required 1.60 metres.Height is thought to be important for those in jobs carrying authority, in contact with foreigners (it would be undignifying to have to look up to them) and in catering and leisure industries (tall is supposedly more beautiful).
Yet, the use of a symbolic third, carrying authority, can avoid the too direct confrontation with the patient.
Does he or she carry authority?
Her deep voice, with its smoker's rasp, carries authority.
He spoke calmly, but his voice carried authority.
Dressing so that you look comfortable yet carry authority is the secret.
"I think public television documentaries carry authority and raise interesting questions.
On education, the party's shadow secretary of state Phil Willis carries authority as a former headteacher.
Even in a spoof like "Men in Black," his ease and quickness carried authority (and he didn't let the grinning Will Smith ace him out).
When Pamela Chisholm speaks of redemption during the morning prayer service at the Bowery Mission Women's Center, her words carry authority.
