Sentence examples for qualified authority from inspiring English sources

On Dec. 7, 1818, he sailed from Calcutta, bearing Hastings' qualified authority to establish a fortified post eastward of the Straits of Malacca and so placed as to wedge open the gateway to the China seas.

This is a reality check, from a uniquely qualified authority.

I noted that Wertheim had told me he welcomed a second opinion from a qualified authority, such as the F.B.I.

Even a qualified authority to remove another officer is admittedly some evidence that the person subject to removal is subordinate or inferior.

The encyclopedia, for instance, includes no volumes on folk songs or traditional dancing because Mr. Sowayan could not find qualified authorities to write them.

Clauses in certain laws qualified the authority of the executive branch to act by making specified acts subject to disapproval by the majority vote of one or both houses.

Government guidance to local authorities should also be revised to ensure that they advise all older people seeking residential care, regardless of whether they qualify for authority funding.

The trucks in New Paltz could qualify for authority money, but don't because they won't be operated in a "non-attainment" area for air quality, a condition of the grant.

However, it is difficult to treat their conclusions with full confidence given the failings of these same agencies preceding the invasion of Iraq.A more reliable source of intelligence would surely be the International Atomic Energy Agency, the only international authority qualified to study Iran's nuclear dossier.

By a majority of five to two, the supreme court had agreed with the lower courts that the Swedish prosecutor qualified as a "judicial authority" and could therefore issue an European arrest warrant for Julian Assange.

Toleration then means that the authority gives qualified permission to the minority to live according to their beliefs on condition that the minority accepts the dominant position of the authority or majority.