Sentence examples for drawing authority from inspiring English sources

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

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".

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

Then, in November 1918, Britain and France declared their intention of establishing in Syria and Iraq "national governments drawing their authority from the initiative and free choice of the native populations".

The first explains the links between possessing the necessary expertise and becoming 'an authority'; the second addresses the 'an authority' 'in authority' nexus; the third discusses building local capacity versus drawing on local authority; and the last concerns authority and the sustenance of newly formed knowledge.

Literary criticism on the Web, on the other hand, draws whatever authority it has by renouncing any claims to authority.