Sentence examples for had significant authority from inspiring English sources

Mr. Russell and other technicians said Mr. Clark had significant authority in his position, and said it would not be strange for somebody in his position to directly call or send e-mail to students about their lab work.

Christine A. Varney, a former member of the trade commission who is now representing an industry group, said the agency already had significant authority to crack down on companies that violated the privacy interests of consumers by engaging in deceptive practices.

Under the guild proposal, the new mark would be granted only to producers who seek it, and whose work on a film is certified by a guild arbitration process that considers who originated a project, who supervised its production and who had significant authority over its marketing, among other factors.

Shepos was assigned to the county CEO's real estate division for nearly two decades and, according to prosecutors, had "significant authority" over contracts and leases.

He operated well below senior management, however, and can hardly be described as having significant authority over the transaction.

But Mr. Arafat, despite being shunned by Israel, still has significant authority over the security forces, which include many commanders long loyal to him.

And the proposal's fate is not entirely sealed, because the US Congress, which has significant authority over the city, can overrule its laws.

However, the judge made clear he planned to assign a federal monitor who would have "significant authority" to oversee retraining of deputies, among other changes at the office.

While Congress has significant authority to encourage [state] policy through its spending power, the Supreme Court has articulated a number of limitations to the conditions Congress can place on federal funds.

Mr. Trump, as president, would have significant authority to raise trade barriers, and his speech Tuesday included his most detailed account to date of his plans to do so, saying that he would pull the United States from Nafta if Mexico and Canada did not agree to renegotiate it.

Of two dozen students who entered the two-year master's program in 1992, all but a handful are working professionally in the film business, and roughly half, a surprising percentage, already have significant authority in a business that is notoriously tough to crack.