Sentence examples for necessary authority from inspiring English sources

It strikes me that the beleaguered editor in the publishing house - a largely unsung hero in the creation of great books - needs such a reason to provide the necessary authority to persuade a loquacious, powerful star author on whom the company depends to just cut it out.

Did Fed officials consider asking Congress for the necessary authority?

One senses it as an aesthetic ambition, in the necessary authority of the opening pages.

Local figures, furthermore, lacked the necessary authority to be accepted as monarchs.

Perhaps flustered by the ridiculously poor sound situation, she lacked the necessary authority.

Brett Vogel, demonstrated an appealing bass voice but lacked the necessary authority for Palémon, the leader of the monks.

Gideon Dabi offered a characterful portrayal of the Don, an elderly philosopher, though his voice lacked the necessary authority.

Administration officials concluded that they had the necessary authority and that the president did not need to wait for Congress.

Ten days later he stated without reservation in a short written statement to Parliament that an existing UN resolution provided the necessary authority for the conflict.

If those documents do not give the board the authority to impose such a fee, it may be able to amend the bylaws to provide the necessary authority.

Valls, an ambitious hard-talk er, has vowed that the proposed changes will "continue to the end" with "the necessary authority".