Sentence examples for had some authority from inspiring English sources

He was speaking as though he had some authority over her".

Her new book is " That way the public at least gathered that this was not a staffer, and also that the writer had some authority.

"I wish that I had some authority.

Although as Prime Minister he thought he had some authority George Bush disagreed and showed his disagreement by extending Blackwater's contract for another year.

Meanwhile, two separate embassies had been dispatched to Tyre to appeal to Ummidius Caius Quadratus, who as legate of Syria had some authority over the lower-ranking procurator of Iudaea.

With the main World Trade Center site, numerous stakeholders were involved including Silverstein and the Port Authority, which in turn meant that George Pataki, the then-Governor of New York, had some authority.

The several states also have some authority to regulate aspects of interstate commerce.

"You think you're Special, that you have some Authority over the Night".

But the president, as commander in chief, does have some authority to conduct offensive information warfare against foreign adversaries.

Denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention have some authority, but even they cannot impose their views on individual believers or congregations.

Instead, they use Facebook and other sites to make direct sales, and it works because their fans think they have some authority in the items they are selling.