Sentence examples for increases the authority from inspiring English sources

So, far from empowering local managers, the Internet increases the authority of those at the centre.

It increased the authority of the Secretary of Defense, who was authorized to establish such defense agencies as he thought necessary "to provide for more effective, efficient and economical administration and operation".

With bus ridership increasing, the authority is spending $7 million for a sprucing up that began last year.

In 1786 a supplementary act increased the authority of the governor general over his own council.

The plan, he said, would substantially reduce the size of a fare increase the authority had sought.

To ease the pain of the 1989 increase, the authority offered tokens discounted at 25 cents each if bought in a roll of 40, a saving of $4.

The ruling was an extension of a 1995 case in which the court first substantially increased the authority of school officials to conduct searches.

In 2001, 29 women opted to freeze their eggs but since then there has been a sustained increase, the authority said.

Combined with the belief that nervous diseases were on the rise, fear of degeneracy served to increase the authority of eugenics.

The Bush administration strongly supports liquefied natural gas projects, and recent changes in federal law increased the authority of the commission to approve projects, even when state and local governments object.

The Wagner Act of 1935 greatly increased the authority of the federal government in industrial relations and strengthened the organizing power of labour unions, establishing the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to execute this program.