Sentence examples for expanded the authority of from inspiring English sources

The king also expanded the authority of the son of his father's vizier over two nomes (administrative districts).

Mr. Morton also expanded the authority of federal lawyers who handle cases in immigration courts to dismiss deportation proceedings against immigrants without serious criminal records.

Attorney General John Ashcroft has already expanded the authority of the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate wrongdoing at the F.B.I.

Ignoring the royal charter of 1483, John expanded the authority of his office and further offset the nobles' power by supporting the Danish merchant class against its chief rivals, the traders of the Hanseatic League (a north German trading confederation).

François Mitterrand (1981 95), through one of its first major pieces of legislation, dramatically expanded the authority of the three layers of subnational government and removed the tutelle from almost all aspects of policy making.

The decision, which slightly expanded the authority of the police to investigate the digital files, came after a senior national security adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron told the court that a computer hard drive and memory sticks confiscated from David Miranda, the partner of Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for The Guardian, may contain the identities of intelligence officers.

The bill includes specific language ensuring that it does not "expand the authority of the President or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force" or "affect the existing criminal enforcement and national security authorities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other domestic law enforcement agency".

Perhaps the key passage that prompted the administration to switch its stance is a clause contained within Section 1021, which specifies: "Nothing in this section is intended to limit or expand the authority of the president or the scope of the Authorization for Use of Military Force".

Mr. McDonnell is pushing to expand the authority of the state police to enforce federal immigration laws.

But Mr. Levitt said he was concerned by proposals to expand the authority of self-regulatory organizations, like stock exchanges.

In a statement later in the day, Mr. Dodd indicated that he had reservations about the plan's proposal to expand the authority of the Federal Reserve.