Sentence examples for more direct authority from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cuomo noted that mayors and other local officials have more direct authority over gun purchases of the law-enforcement agencies under their direction than he does over housing project guards.

Mr. de Blasio may have more direct authority on the issue of hospitals, given that the city's Planning Commission, which is controlled by the mayor, could block efforts to turn shuttered hospitals into high-priced housing.

One of Subay's next street art campaigns brought him into more direct confrontation with authorities.

A more direct challenge to his authority came over stem cells.

A more direct email sent by health authorities and telling recipients that they were in default and risked penalties (up to $10 000 a day) or grant funds being withheld and urging them to post their results might have more impact.

Mr. Blair had been seeking a plan that would have given the United Nations a more direct role in appointing the interim authority.

They know Mr. Peters inhabits what is called a "weak mayor's" job, a mostly ceremonial assignment with almost no direct authority over anything more important than the unfortunately named Hooker Day Parade and with daily duties that typically range from nothing to standing beside businessmen in suits, holding a gold-painted shovel.

Many of us would want the Union to enjoy more direct interaction with regional and local authorities, because they are frequently more sensible intermediaries between the citizen and the Union than the more remote and centralised national governments.

The turmoil revealed an opposition movement that is becoming bolder and more direct in its challenge to Iran's governing authorities.

In some jurisdictions, a more direct third-party policing role may be played by vehicle registration authorities in attempting to reduce vehicle theft.

And a Baltimore Sun editorial is even more direct: "The cost of maintaining the Guantanamo facility — both in dollars and in diminished moral authority — is simply too great.