Sentence examples for means authority from inspiring English sources

This isn't the only way the word can be used – wilayat also means "authority" in Shi'ism and Sufism, for example – but this is the sense in which Isis understands it.

Going "live" means authorities can't easily delete phone footage or destroy evidence.

It also means authorities receive a stable price per tonne of cartons.

This means authorities would struggle to criminalise the act of associating with a broad rebel movement that they themselves recognise as the legitimate rulers of Syria.

The couple were named as suspects over the weekend, a step in the Indonesian legal system that means authorities believe there is enough evidence to consider filing charges.

On the plus side, account data seems not to have been leaked, and this means authorities will have the help of two technology giants and their considerable resources in tracking the perpetrators down.

Remember Lord Devlin, Lord Pearce, Sir Shortly Floorcross et al. Did these distinguished presences mean authority and respect for the council that sought to corral Fleet Street?

"Height has always meant authority in Los Angeles," said D. J. Waldie, a longtime city official in the suburb of Lakewood, and the author of several books about Los Angeles.

40 min: After withstanding more battering from Bilbao, United break forward and Rooney launches a long cross towards Hernandez, but Iraizoz intercepts with all the mean authority of a vigilant customs officer.

Still, said Alan Bernstein, a spokesman for the department, that does not mean authorities there will not enforce the provisions of the bill, should it pass.

Just because more and more tools exist to control people does not mean authorities should use them, and just because accidents happen does not mean life should be lived as if they are always imminent.