Sentence examples for impression of authority from inspiring English sources

He said "The arrogant verticality of skyscrapers, and especially of public and state buildings, introduces a phallic or more precisely a phallocratic element into the visual realm; the purpose of this display, of this need to impress, is to convey an impression of authority to each spectator.

The city's Fine Arts Commission, the agency charged with regulating architectural aesthetics, is more or less in the business of preventing such challenges from materializing where they might distract visiting schoolchildren from the overwhelming impression of authority.

In the past we've often made distinctions between "journalists" and "bloggers" etc. to enforce an impression of authority.

His credentials might be murky, but they carry a greater impression of authority than just another dude publishing his poetry on CreateSpace.

The powerful impression of serene authority that these statues convey justifies their inclusion among the finest products of ancient Middle Eastern art.

And the whole show is dressed up like a mugger in Gucci shoes, with footnotes and square brackets and all sorts of cross-references to lend the impression of professorial authority, all the while hiding the stiletto.

However, using the coincidence of serotonin as the supposed basis for behavioural parallels between lobsters and humans – trumpeted during the Channel 4 interview, again to give off the impression of scientific authority – has been expertly dismantled by the biologist PZ Myers.

This pattern of citation tends to escalate belief in a clinical practice even when it lacks a high-quality evidence base and may create an impression of more authority than is warranted.

Add in long lines and senseless, disparately enforced rules — for instance, agents shouting at travelers for using cellphones in some arrival halls, while at others, such technology is treated as something other than a threat to the republic — and we give the strong impression of an authority-minded culture that's coming slightly unhinged.

Elizabeth I As recommended by Faribole and TonyMax1000 The most powerful woman on this list, Good Queen Bess may have had the body of a weak and feeble woman but she dressed like no other, giving off a fearsome impression of riches and authority.

Most of the oblast was pro-Russian, so to help give the impression of occupation, local authorities encouraged Right Sector to drive its vehicles slowly through nearby villages and walk their streets with glocks in hand.