Sentence examples for grasp of authority from inspiring English sources
The camera focuses on the scratches and gouges on Naz's back presumably from the rough sex he had before the murder and as the cops force him to stand against the wall and remove his underwear there's more than a hint of sexual violence, of Naz being so thoroughly in the grasp of authority that he has lost control even of his body.
As the existing political order begins to lose its grasp on authority, momentum builds among the diverse forces of the opposition.
In the ensuing years, while on the run, he seemed always just out of the grasp of the authorities, slipping into secret passages beneath bathtubs or absconding seconds before federal raids.
Despite living as a fugitive in Moscow, Snowden has become a phantom of the age, appearing beyond the grasp of U.S. authorities via the Internet at conferences to warn against government intrusion.
Mr Javid became the first government minister to admit that "Russia will probably never let them leave the Russian Federation", keeping the pair out of the grasp of the British authorities.
The Prophet lived on pathetically, selling out his remaining disciples to the whites to hold on to whatever shreds of authority he could grasp.
Such manoeuvres have been criticised as tax-avoidance-driven ploys to keep offshore cash piles beyond the grasp of the US tax authorities.
At the other end of the scale, UK citizens who have moved there will fall fairly and squarely into the grasp of the French tax authorities.
The Doinel of "The 400 Blows" looked and behaved like a teen-age Truffaut: difficult, dreamy, not so much resentful of authority as unable to grasp why on earth he should submit to it.
Mr. Levitt said that Mr. Greenspan's authority and grasp of global finance consistently persuaded less financially sophisticated lawmakers to follow his lead.
They tend to downplay conflicts within the profession because it robs them of authority and no one would grasp the issues as easily as, say, arguing for stimulus.
