Sentence examples for immense authority over from inspiring English sources

Charlemagne exercised immense authority over the Western Church, and the revival of church life produced controversies about predestination (Gottschalk, John Scotus Erigena, Hincmar of Reims) and the Eucharist (Paschasius Radbertus, Ratramnus, Rabanus Maurus).

Principals have huge authority over them.

His sculpture has immense authority.

My colleague Jeffrey Gettleman, who has chronicled the Kenyan crisis with immense authority, speaks of "Annan Zen".

She has the technique, the timing, the precision; but this role calls for immense authority and a bold range of pure-dance dramatic color that aren't hers.

Because of his immense authority in the scientific community, there were few challenges to his particle model of light in the century after his death in 1727.

From c. 200 to 1040 these two yeshivas had immense authority as centres of learning and issued "official" interpretations of the law.

Consider, for example, the immense authority of the president in the domain of national security.

Authority over whom?

"I had absolutely no authority over Brendan Smyth".

They have no authority over his decisions.