Sentence examples for notional authority from inspiring English sources
But unlike an Agatha Christie story — but very much like, say, Reservoir Dogs — there is no notional authority figure to exert control over everyone.
Just months later, in a time of crisis, their decision has left the E.U. without a person capable of embodying the kind of notional authority the constitution was meant to provide.
One scene – a rare classroom scene, in which the principals are submitting to the school's notional authority – shows a map in which Ukraine is seen in a western European context.
The impression has been left — reflected in half-measures and bursts of righteousness — of a nation unwilling to accept responsibility for dealing with Europe's grief via transfers of German sovereignty or cash to a (notional) central European authority.
Out of pure academic interest, Bloom notes that if Bialystock can persuade enough of his little-old-lady backers to put in far more money than he needs, and the show is a spectacular flop, then he can keep all the excess cash and never be investigated by his notional investors or the tax authorities.
The RBC case is the CFTC's biggest by notional trade value, the agency said.
The most recent one is is written as a letter to the new authorities in Libya from a notional "Eastern Europe" (though as readers will know, I contest the use of this label).It is behind the paywall on that site, but here are the key points.
He has given a notional nod to General McKiernan,s proposal to support formal agreements between Afghan authorities and district-level councils.
He goes back to his old office where his company was worth a notional £20m.
And wonder about whether a handful of traders and one inexperienced risk officer (with questionable authority) can effectively oversee a complex derivatives portfolio that grew tenfold over a period of months (with a notional value eventually in the trillions of dollars).
