Sentence examples for hand authority from inspiring English sources

The panel recommended expediting planned presidential elections so that the military could still hand authority to a new president.

In earlier rounds of negotiation the NATO side have sometimes surprised observers by their willingness to hand authority back to Kabul; they have often backed down on points which had seemed non-negotiable only a couple of years ago.

This comes as the First Armored prepares to hand authority for the Iraqi capital to the First Cavalry Division, part of a larger replenishing of occupation troops throughout the country.

A3 Talks on Mugabe Deal Under a deal discussed by Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition officials, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe would resign and hand authority to a new power-sharing government.

When party delegates gather in Beijing on Friday to hand authority over to a new generation of leaders, they will also try to strengthen their hold on power by extending the party's embrace of capitalism, by giving a broad welcome to the fledgling entrepreneurial class.

Al Hurra TV reported that Mubarak was planning to hand authority to the Egyptian army.

The police shot the Somali man in a knee and a hand, authorities said.

On the one hand, authorities justify their (ineffective) crackdowns on ecstasy by arguing that because MDMA is manufactured and distributed by the black market it must be terribly dangerous.

On the other hand, authorities are urged to make arrangements for calling in police marksmen to shoot stray dogs in cases where it could be too dangerous to capture them.

With these in hand, authorities can eliminate all that pesky free speech before it exposes something.

On the other hand, authorities may choose not to divert heavy traffic from a high-capacity road because of the risk of causing severe congestion and secondary accidents on a local network unsuitable for high volumes.