Sentence examples for on their authority from inspiring English sources

Those laws have angered federal judges who see the mandatory penalties and sentencing guidelines as infringements on their authority, leading some to speak out, and in one case, resign.

It's plain that they resent the limitations on their authority.

Mr. Johnson and Richard Nixon were both challenged on their authority to make war in Vietnam.

Leaders of the Legislature, seeing a convention as a wholesale assault on their authority, also opposed it.

SIS has always been an instrument of political power, collecting intelligence for ministers and undertaking clandestine operations on their authority.

And I haven't even mentioned the fact that presidents need to work with Congress, and face far more limits on their authority than CEOs.

The auction comes as more and more local politicians call on their authorities to follow Northampton's lead.

Motherwell were intent on establishing their authority early on, and the visitors worked hard to make their own mark on the game.

Where no religious body has provided sanction or authorization, scriptures have had to stand on their own authority.

"They basically relied on their own authority.

They rely on their local authority for support.