Sentence examples for establishing authority over from inspiring English sources
As Europe's Christian rulers pushed back at Muslim control of the Mediterranean, the Norman king of Sicily, Roger II, captured Tripoli and, in 1148, Mahdia, establishing authority over the coast.
Meanwhile, the status of the small Serb minority remained unsettled, and the government in Pristina continued to face difficulty in establishing authority over the Serb-dominated areas north of the Ibër (Ibar) River.
For all the good Hobbes did in shifting our political focus from God to man, he left the impression that the challenge of political theology would vanish once the cycle of fear was broken and human beings established authority over their own affairs.
According to local leaders, a customary practice is used to claim land, using cacti (Opuntia spp) to mark new borders, but the institutional mechanisms that regulate the practice are not in use, as the elders among the new inhabitants have no established authority over the land.
TO THOSE who see China as an increasingly assertive, even expansionist, power, it offers yet more proof of its determination to establish authority even over fiercely disputed land and water.
When is it justified to over ride established authority?
We understand you must establish authority".
The trick that Orpheus has pulled off is to establish authority without establishing an authority figure.
When parents or guardians provide structures in the home, they are simply putting up ground rules and establishing their authority over the family in a healthy and responsible manner so as to encourage the growth and development of the family.
After years of mismanagement and corruption President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted in April by a provisional government that has not succeeded in establishing its authority over the country.
The re-emergence of the Taliban now would not only prove embarrassing to the military, but it would also underscore the continuing difficulties that Pakistan faces in establishing government authority over areas where the military has succeeded in driving out militants.
