Sentence examples for decline in authority from inspiring English sources

The absence of President Bush from Johannesburg symbolizes this decline in authority.

Duiker suggests that Ho's decline in authority began during the brutal land reform campaign of 1955-56, atimetime of rising Chinese influence over the revolution.

"But pressure starts mounting the moment there is a decline in authority and acceptability of a leader".

Social changes followed quickly on the heels of economic prosperity, ranging from the 'modernisation' of the annual parade in Dublin to mark the principal national holiday of Saint Patrick's Day (17 March), to the decline in authority of the Catholic Church.

Sayf al-Dawla's final years were marked by military defeats, his own growing disability as a result of disease, and a decline in his authority that led to revolts by some of his closest lieutenants.

Increasing prosperity from the 1950s, among other factors, had contributed to a decline in respect for traditional authority and institutions, such as marriage, and fostered a kind of materialistic hedonism, according to many communitarians.

Although its direct influence diminished after the 17th century, along with a general decline in respect for the authority of classical antiquity, the modern view of education as all-around character training to equip a student for life follows in a direct line from the theories of this 1st-century Roman.

And we are experiencing a significant decline in trust in scientific authorities.

First, the decline of public trust in organizations and second, the marked decline in levels of deference to authority.

Thus, in contexts of rapidly shifting gender relations where gender-transformative work is embedded, requests to shift men in the direction of more gender equality can be met by men with feelings of a decline in masculine status or household authority, feelings of uselessness and a destabilised sense of what it means to be a man (Messner 1998; Sideris 2004).

They are organising a project to monitor the green woodpeckers in the National Park - there has recently been a decline in their numbers and the park authority would like see how many there are left.