This issue is much more important than whether corporations should be charged with a crime, which is not directly in her purview in her new position.
Given that regulating financial firms will become her purview if she heads the S.E.C., assessing her pursuit of financial fraud as a prosecutor may provide clues to how she would run the agency.
There is no reason for her to tell you what name she uses on the job (or what she does with her office's color copier) — such information is beyond your purview as her nurse-midwife.
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi said in January it was not the purview of her committee in Parliament.
The debates leading up to the cease-fire have been notable for the relative absence of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel laureate, who was quoted this week as saying that she would not take a major role in trying to end the fighting because it was not the purview of her parliamentary committee.
Founded in September 2010 by publisher and activist Archana Kapoor, and operating under the purview of her Delhi-based NGO Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART), the radio station aims to bring about social change in a region beset with humanitarian issues.
And although a 10-year-old girl may have much to teach the world, some things are beyond her purview, and some language beyond her limits.
Levin pressed on this: was Dimon – the "great CEO" she mentioned – informed throughout about what happened in her office, under her purview?
Ms. White has also been put in charge of all accusations of criminal wrongdoing related to pardons granted by President Clinton, but Ms. Tucker said last night that the decision to retain her had been made before the pardons were placed in her purview.
These qualifications are critical in enabling her to deal with the range of situations that come under her purview, from setting the budget to dealing with recruitment, she says.
Even on her first day in office, Mrs. Clinton was making clear just how broad her purview may be.
