Sentence examples for exerting authority from inspiring English sources

The Rev. Scott A. Euvrard of St. Joseph's in Needham, said: "One approach would be to come in an authoritarian mode and try to deal with the disruption of the diocese by exerting authority over many different things, over lay groups, over clergy.

"It's about exerting authority over somebody else who's of a different gender from you".

She's upper-class eccentric Lady Holland, who's writing her memoirs while exerting authority in the restored house.

And it's not (and these are my words) that Hamas is exercising any ferocity toward, or exerting authority over photographers when, as Hicks describes, Hamas fighters have proven themselves indistinguishable from the civilian population in a situation where there is no authority to be found.

It has also been found that leadership which is based on exerting authority and not oriented towards solving problems through discussions is related to a higher level of sickness absence [ 51], while inspiring and communicative leadership, suggesting a transformational leadership style, has been shown to be related to lower rates of sickness absence [ 52].

The subak as a formal organization with a clearly defined division of tasks and functions and exerting authority over a clearly defined section of an irrigation system?

Women of Ms. Huston's generation in Hollywood do not take opportunities to exert authority for granted.

The governor of the Bank of England had almost papal powers and, it was said, could exert authority by arching an eyebrow.

That could split the country or provoke intervention by the army.The government has neither exerted authority nor achieved compromise.

Maria Kowroski performed the ballerina role tenderly and lightly; she's reluctant to exert authority or find a wide range of color in the music.

Bishops and nobles often exerted authority over wealthy abbeys; the abbeys thus petitioned Sylvester to free them from all exterior control except that of the papacy.