Sentence examples for great authority over from inspiring English sources

Worse still, Edward falls so under the tyranny of his passion that he uses his great authority over the earl of Warwick to suggest that he prevail upon his daughter to give in to royal importunity.

There's a Sheryl who wields great authority over large numbers of employees, who risks being overbearing at meetings ("In order for me to speak the right amount in a meeting, I have to feel as if I am saying very little"), who has "a tendency to get impatient about unresolved situations" and who runs a tight ship.

Two weeks ago, the House overwhelming adopted legislation that would give regulators greater authority over compensation packages.

"The landmarks commission should have greater authority" over the granting of demolition permits, he added.

The money has given the tribes greater authority over the study of their language, an often culturally fraught discipline.

Whatever pressure Blavatnik felt had little effect; BP soon conceded the struggle, and gave AAR greater authority over TNK-BP.

After the 2005 season, Cashman accepted a new contract with the promise of greater authority over baseball operations.

Others detect the start of a trend whereby Chinese car manufacturers will assert greater authority over their Western and Japanese partners.

We need to find ways to give principals greater authority over what happens in their building, the resources, the staff, the purchasing".

The House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a long-awaited modernization of the nation's food safety laws, voting 215 to 144 to grant the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over food production.

The F.C.C. has shied away from asserting that voice and data moving on wireless networks are the same thing, which would allow it to apply its greater authority over phones to broadband access services.