"pervasive authority" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It refers to an authority or power that is widespread and present in many aspects of a situation or society. Example: The government's pervasive authority has been felt in every aspect of citizens' daily lives, from surveillance to censorship.
The most pervasive authority over the institution is not the Constitution or the Bible but, rather, an impenetrable sixteen-hundred-page tome, by Floyd M. Riddick, called "Senate Procedure: Precedents and Practices," which only the late Robert Byrd, of West Virginia, was known to have read in its entirety.
In Russia, spying on visitors is so pervasive, authorities don't even seem realize that watching someone shower is cause for alarm.
May 21 , 1968— To the extent that the "social fever" gripping France (and threatening many other countries) springs from more than economic issues and simple appetite for office, it may perhaps be found in a pervasive distaste for centralized authority.
Mr Kazhegeldin has proposed to merge the party with another radical group, Democratic Choice, with the aim of working for "the removal of the shameful regime of personal authority and pervasive corruption" of Mr Nazarbaev.The Ak Zhol leaders were among the co-founders of Democratic Choice.
Speaking of the scandal, Mr Gensler spoke of "pervasive rigging" and said authorities could not guarantee the rate is fraud-free, but refused to criticise the FSA or suggest that setting the rate should be moved to the US.
An organization with 1,000 employees in which senior management condoned the violation or if "tolerance of the offense by substantial authority personnel was pervasive" can quickly see the recommended punishment increase up to the statutory maximum.
AOL's influence on American life is so pervasive, detractors note, that federal authorities are beginning to whisper the "M" word.
It is a place where governments are beholden to paramilitary forces, not the other way round.Of course, old-fashioned tyrannies, where central authority is brutal and pervasive, still exist.
Whatever our age, unless we are aware of its pervasive influence and vigilant about challenging its authority, we easily, without giving it any thought, internalize our culture's dictates about body size into our own psyches, bodies, and spirits.
Milan lost its role as a capital, most of the Napoleonic administration was dismantled, and the centralizing authority of Vienna became all-pervasive.
Today, the advent of the Internet and digital cameras has made child pornography even more pervasive, while making it more difficult for authorities to track the growing number of both pornographers and their victims.
