Sentence examples for draw authorities from inspiring English sources

Holmes had booby-trapped his apartment near the theater with explosives, which police said he intended as a diversion to draw authorities away from the movie house while he was carrying out his assault.

A separate photo taken on July 16 showed the booby-trapped explosives Holmes is accused of rigging up inside his apartment, which according to police he had intended as a diversion to draw authorities away from the theater on the night of the assault.

He read from a teleprompter a series of promotional spots that he personalizes for various local stations—"Back to you, Wayne and Mary Ellen"—before responding to a question from the local anchors, who draw authority from the "voice of God".

Whitmarsh makes the illuminating observation that modern, post-Enlightenment atheism has a particular social function: it draws authority away from the clergy, towards the secular "priests" of science.

Environmentalism continues to rely heavily on its narrow repertoire of fear narratives, generally drawing authority from often-selective representations of scientific research.

Used as part of a ritual, each book also represents and draws authority from all the other books that have been used similarly, each one a symbol of good faith.

In 2010, it adopted an order that drew authority from a section of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a law meant to promote investment and competition.

He came about as close to accurately summarising the problem as any politician when he said: "Over the past 15 years or so, a sub-culture of often suicidal violence has developed amongst a tiny minority of, mainly young, men, falsely drawing authority from Islamic beliefs and often nurtured in a prison system in urgent need of resources and reform".

By noon, Detective Spellman's blood was drawn, the authorities said.

What started as a battle between neighbouring councils over house building, has drawn in authorities across the county.

Last month, a 12-year-old boy confessed to making calls that drew the authorities to the home of the actor Ashton Kutcher and to Mr. Bieber.