Sentence examples for had the mandate from inspiring English sources
"Suharto really felt he had the mandate of heaven," said Onghokham, a prominent social historian.
Because people were asked more than two years ago whether they supported strike action the government questioned whether we had the mandate to do it.
"One is they acted like they had the mandate, and No. 2, they didn't act like Nixon and go to the middle.
But when the Supreme Court gave Bush the White House he proceeded as if he had the mandate of an electoral landslide.
"If we hadn't got a good reception," says Sylvester, "we would have probably just played a few shows and called it a day, but the response we got meant we had the mandate we needed to carry on as a real band".
"The reason why Cross Trading appears as the contract partner in this deal is simply because Team was advised that Cross Trading had the mandate to act as exclusive buyer for all sports TV rights of Teleamazonas in the European area," it said.
He has the mandate to do it.
If we win, we have the mandate.
"So you'd be silly not to have the mandate".
The nasty party won a majority, has the mandate to slash and burn the welfare budget.
