Sentence examples for on its authority from inspiring English sources

Congress can't base it on its authority to "fix the Standard of Weights and Measures".

The report was historic not just because it was the first time that the Mexican government had acquiesced to such an intrusion by foreigners on its authority but, I think, it was also the first time Mexicans had ever seen a real criminal investigation, conducted by independent and autonomous justice professionals rather than by those subservient to a possibly complicit government.

Ofsted is facing a crisis in public confidence as it comes under a series of attacks on its authority this week, with the watchdog accused of being "flawed, wasteful and failing".

Incidentally, this was also an issue where, perhaps for the first time, Parliament showed what it was capable of and truly stood on its authority.

She does not, nor will the bureau, which by law has significant constraints on its authority.

Last week, the Senate, belatedly objecting to the sneak attack on its authority, voted to revoke the provision.

The editorial challenge for the Times, according to Kovach, is to hold on to its authority and reliability "in an age of increasing fragmentation, subjectivity, and confusion about the place of public-interest journalism in a commercial marketplace".

"Having sought no stay, either in this Court or the Court of Appeals, the State appears to believe it can issue one on its own authority," the motion reads.

As an outfit that was part intelligence organisation, part security agency and part secret political police, it was often better informed, but it could not act on its own authority; it could only make "recommendations".

The State Department has issued mixed signals on where its authority ends.

If the Legislature is allowed to name electors on its own authority, it will establish a devastating precedent.