Sentence examples for over authority from inspiring English sources

The Port of New York Authority, which superseded the two state tunnel commissions and took over authority for the Holland Tunnel in 1930, built the 14th Street Viaduct in order to avoid the turns to and from Jersey Avenue, but turned over authority over the viaduct to the New Jersey State Highway Commission.

Unmil will take over authority from the West African force on Oct. 1.

"The motif here is Bloomberg trying to take over authority where other governmental entities have authority," Mr. Emery said.

The military council that took power when Mr. Mubarak was ousted has pledged to turn over authority to an elected president by the end of June.

The United States turned over authority for those raids to Afghan forces last month, opening the door to the broader agreement.

But the UN mission in Kosovo has been told nothing by its masters in New York and so has no plans to hand over authority.

Once a sovereign government is established, he said, the occupation will turn over authority to the Iraqis "and my job here will be over".

Last week, dealing a severe setback to the American plan to turn over authority to Iraqis, the police chief was gunned down.

But the Russian plan is to turn over authority to the Chechen militia so it can maintain order in its own house.

The multiplying jurisdictions have led to breakdowns, as some chiefs insist on independence and control over crimes in their own counties and are reluctant to turn over authority to outsiders from another county or the federal government.

BP also said payouts to people affected by the spill such as fishermen, hoteliers and retailers had dramatically increased since it handed over authority for dispensing funds to a White House appointee.