Sentence examples for larger authority from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the commanders and their men were subject to a larger authority: the moral authority of the mission.

One possibility, therefore, is to call upon influential people in small communities to fight the perceived consensus created by larger authority figures.

Leslie Tentler, professor of history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, said: "Part of what is going on is a larger authority issue of who speaks for the church.

When someone shows up a little too drunk to work, rather than bring it up to any larger authority, the ride and game owners deal with it in-house.

Some of the larger authorities were cooperative with The Times's survey in providing data on employment, while some others seemed unaccustomed to public inquiry.

He pointed to evidence showing that there was lower voter turnout at elections in larger authorities.

Labour county council leader Jenny Mein said much larger authorities than Chorley had become unitary councils and now found themselves "in a critical financial position".

"Larger authorities would make more of the money available for the front-line services, but this reform is about much more.

"Do you want local government to continue to be responsible for education and social care - because if you don't then that drives you towards a pretty large number of small authorities - if you do there is quite a compelling case for a smaller number of larger authorities?" he said.

And the comptroller will now review large authority contracts.

All those years ago, I was leader of Sheffield city council – the fourth largest authority in Britain – and chair of the local government campaign unit.