Sentence examples for has some authority from inspiring English sources

We have a Palestinian Authority, President Abbas, who has some authority, but Hamas doesn't obey him and doesn't want peace in the same way as he does.

"But this is still a society where even when it looks like a woman has some authority, the men usually manage to stay on top".

He has some authority over transport, which he used to bring in the congestion charge, and he can block planning applications.This leaves Mr Livingstone trying to shape the city by using his blocking powers as a policy tool.

The government already has some authority to regulate oceanic sound in United States waters through the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, though exemptions to these laws exist for the military.

The commission he was nominated to lead has some authority over transmission lines and other factors important to the integration of wind and other forms of renewable energy into the power grid.

Some of these errors were a result of legislation, but many were caused more quietly, by tiny rules issued by federal agencies -- the kinds of regulations over which Sunstein now has some authority.

In fact, the rate of spending has some authorities concerned that the push for provincial spending could drive a wave of corruption.

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

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

"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.