Sentence examples for parallel authorities from inspiring English sources

"There are too many issues, too many parallel authorities, no track record, and no trust.

The crowd, or rather its leaders, have been keeping the army off-balance emotionally: one day it has been cheers and red carnations; the next it is insults and red blood.The setting up of parallel authorities proceeds steadily, and will speed up now the ayatollah is returned.

The president declared the investigation was an outright attempt at a judicial "coup" by a parallel authority within the state.

But the comment from one critic -- that we have set up a "parallel authority structure" to the Catholic Church in some locales -- is incorrect.

Before the Soviet invasion in 1979, Afghan towns had three parallel authority structures: the tribal elders, the religious clerics and the government representatives.

And it could be that he was talking about parallel authority to protect a state from a foreign invasion.

Distrustful of the pays légal, the Squadristi of Italy and Freikorps of Germany were similarly established by veterans after WWI to defend the interests of the pays réel, in the process creating a "parallel authority" in their quest for legitimacy.

It may be that Justice Scalia was talking only about parallel authority to "kick out" someone whom Congress has already determined to be here illegally, merely by the fact of their entry without permission.

And media reports offer good reason to believe that US special forces maintained parallel authority in Afghanistan and Iraq (and possibly in Yemen up until the recent upheaval when they stopped operating on the ground).

In May Serbia organized elections in Kosovo that established parallel municipal authorities in Serb areas.

Modern parallels with authorities blaming dance venues and demanding increasingly off-putting door policies are not hard to miss here.