Sentence examples for for ultimate authority from inspiring English sources

The best of Mr. Bradby's suspense comes from a good-versus-evil struggle for ultimate authority.

It is clear that in complex societies there may be no one who has all the attributes of sovereignty, for ultimate authority may be divided among organs and may itself be limited by law.

Still, they play down the role of the civilian review boards that have investigated abuse in Ireland, the United States and elsewhere — and that have often faulted bishops for not stopping abuse — noting that those boards "cannot substitute" for bishops' ultimate authority in adjudicating abuse cases.

"For the top executives, it really is the compensation committee that is the ultimate authority for who gets what kind of compensation and when they get it," says Carolyn Brancato, director of the Conference Board's Governance Center and Directors Institutee in New York.

Politicians, he says, are the ultimate authority for a public servant.

Livingstone feels that ultimate authority for designing the city should rest with him.

Then again, winning over non-Muslims is not really the point.There is no ultimate authority for sharia compliance.

Though many authorities are consulted for this dictionary, the ultimate authority is the ordinary person's ordinary speech.

They provided themselves with a formal political structure in 1948 by adopting a Soviet-style constitution that reserved ultimate authority for the party.

"We are part of the Roman Catholic church and the ultimate authority for the way the church functions in Scotland lies in Rome.

Ultimate authority for education was at the national level, with the Department of Education and Science (formerly the Ministry of Education) headed by the secretary of state for education and science.