Sentence examples for having an authority from inspiring English sources

For a man who describes himself as having "an authority problem," this was not a hard decision.

The charter codified a series of institutions and attitudes that seemed to treat England's law as the successor to ecclesiastical law, having an authority and existence separate and above its earthly practitioners.

I asked Charles Reynolds if some magicians were genuinely upset by such revelations — we were having lunch so that I could exploit the rare privilege of having an authority right in the neighborhood — and he said that they were indeed.

"I guess I had an authority problem," she says.

"The state has an authority and an obligation to manage religious life in the public forum".

After all, we have an authority vested by our individual histories and pedigrees.

The result was that London had an authority to which Scotland had to be obedient.

She had an authority, a natural eccentricity and the spunky good sense of a magnificent aunt.

"Government cannot direct an investigation; it doesn't have an authority like that".

But "Sunshine State" has an authority and a breadth of vision that those worthy earlier films lack.

He had an authority based on learning and allusion, gaining for his work an intellectual respect.