Sentence examples for given authority to act from inspiring English sources

With the passage of these and other crime bills, the FBI was given authority to act against the criminal gangs which previously had met little effective opposition.

So to conclude, in training teams of learners how to collaborate in the ICU it is crucial to understand how to guide them becoming a team, making them feel like a team and giving them authority to act as a team.

I got into a debate Friday night with some friends who challenged me to explain the difference between giving someone the authority to act and giving them permission.

"The proposed amendment to the Controlled Substances Act giving authority to the D.E.A. to require prescriber training would be a valuable measure," said that executive, Dr. Herbert Neuman.

The Long-Term SCORE Act will give authority to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to evaluate legislative proposals costs more accurately and allow them to do costs and savings estimates for as long as 50 years into the future.

The act also gave authority to the Secretary of the Treasury to continue production of the Susan B. Anthony dollar until production could begin on the new dollar coin.

Administration lawyers have an answer for this: the original post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force gave the president authority to act against Al Qaeda and its supporters.

The new decree excluded some elements from the old decree that had angered the opposition, including one article that gave the president broad powers to confront threats to the revolution or the nation, wording that the opposition said gave him arbitrary authority to act.

True, Ms. Sebelius's decision was entirely legal: the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 gives authority to "the secretary" in the department in which the F.D.A. resides.

In 1988, Stickler gave Peconi the authority to act as his agent in securing a licensing contract with the library.

The document, dated the same day, signed by Yeung on BIHL notepaper, purported to give Pannu unlimited authority to act on Birmingham City's behalf.