Sentence examples for give him authority from inspiring English sources

According to the book, Robert Kennedy proposed that Johnson give him authority to personally negotiate a peace treaty in Vietnam.

At St Keyne Wishing Well, he drinks the magic water that will give him authority in his relationship.

Romney proposed a merger of agencies that would give him authority over the project, but it went nowhere in the Democratic legislature.

In Mr. Cole's case, speaker after speaker at an evening town hall meeting questioned Mr. Obama's assertion that he has constitutional authority to strike on his own — and insisted that Congress not give him authority.

Last year, President Clinton could not convince his own party to give him authority to negotiate trade agreements, the first time such authority has been denied in a generation.

"It doesn't make sense for a defence minister to ask people to give him authority to fight terrorism," said Abdallah Hatem, a 19-year-old student from Cairo, on Friday.

But nothing in that constitution or elsewhere gives him authority to dissolve the legislature.

The belief that he communicates with the spirits gives him authority.

His job gave him authority to approve drone strikes, which often meant midnight calls from subordinates.

Reviewing the debut in The New York Times, Edward Rothstein called Mr. Rolfe Johnson's voice "both well placed and well tempered," adding, "His musicianship gave him authority".

One of President Karzai's nephews is a top official in the intelligence service, giving him authority over some of Afghanistan's most sensitive security operations.