Sentence examples for reasserting authority from inspiring English sources

It's possible to see the selection of Raffaele Farina as Boyle's successor as the Curia's way of reasserting authority.

Congress has signaled in other ways that it is reasserting authority over the nation's foreign policy and war‐making decisions.

This last communication came on the heels of a statement from Adm Allen reasserting authority over BP's operations after Doug Suttles' Sunday morning McBriefing that caused a morning media storm when he stated that they could just keep the well shut in until the relief well is completed.

These red flags signal the need to reassert authority.

Early efforts by Mr. Putin to reassert authority in former Soviet countries were often ham-fisted.

The Council again urged Lebanon to reassert authority in the south and speed up troop deployments following Israel's withdrawal.

While the new organization is clearly an effort by Russia to reassert authority over its old dominions, it is in fact aimed East rather than West.

After a year of intense policymaking and legislating, Obama's political advisers were attempting to reassert authority over the economic team.

The events of 1525 thus strengthened a growing resolution that firm structures and clear doctrines were needed to reassert authority in a situation of drift.

A similar dynamic therefore occurred in the 2000s as warlords reasserted authority and became entrenched with the backing of the Afghan and U.S. governments.

Facing a hostile House with subpoena power and a diminished majority in the Senate, he will have to figure out the right blend of conciliation and confrontation to reassert authority and avoid defeat in 2012.