Sentence examples for dictatorial authority from inspiring English sources
In Ghent itself van Artevelde, with the title of captain general, henceforth exercised almost dictatorial authority until his death.
But it would also return the draft constitution to the same flawed body that passed it, and effectively prolong Mr Morsi's "temporary" dictatorial authority.
And, having disposed of one form of dictatorial authority through the mimic-murder of Frances Barber's Caesar, the inmates find Barber morphing into a bullying female screw.
As the century drew to a close, the imperial idea surely offered some comfort when Abū ʿĀmir al-Manṣūr (Almanzor), who exercised dictatorial authority in the caliph's name, regularly ravaged all the Christian states.
Add to this the fact that Mr. Paulson is also demanding dictatorial authority, plus immunity from review "by any court of law or any administrative agency," and this adds up to an unacceptable proposal.
There, he buys back his family's ancestral cottage and falls in love, at first sight, with Mary Kate Danaher Maureen O'Haraa), a fiery-haired, fiery-tempered farm woman who lives under the dictatorial authority of her brother, Will Victor McLaglenn), a respected landowner and a hulking, earthy brute.
Under it they received absolute authority, dictatorial in scope.
He retains command of the army and still wields near-dictatorial powers, including authority to dissolve the new parliament.
Every day, there are some 500 protests, demonstrations or riots against corrupt or dictatorial local party authorities, often put down by force.
As PUC president, Peevey exercises what some call dictatorial powers, with the authority to hire senior staff and apportion the regulatory caseload among the other four commissioners as he sees fit.
The warriors of the title take it upon themselves to avenge the injustice and to oppose the confiscation — to stand up to the unjust yet unquestioned authority of a dictatorial regime and yet, at the same time, to remain true to the samurai code of honor.
