Sentence examples for relinquishing authority from inspiring English sources

"Sacrificing" the role of wife, mother, sister or lover to a direct relationship with the divine, the woman would not be relinquishing authority but gaining it.

In the closed-unit model, many primary physicians resist relinquishing authority for their patients, and intensivists may tend to exclude the primary physicians from decision-making.

Among the most echoed of insider criticisms of black leadership is the idea that it never relinquishes authority voluntarily.

Like most great Indian patriarchs, Mr. Kurien could not accept that there comes a time when one must relinquish authority and let the next generation take over.

Of course, Mr. Bush never does anything really outlandish; he's the boss at the office birthday party, with that curious brand of informality that never relinquishes authority.

The U.N. would be more willing to help, officials said, if the United States were willing to more quickly, and sincerely, relinquish authority to an interim Iraqi government.

From the moment the military seized control from President Hosni Mubarak, the generals "certainly" never intended to relinquish authority before supervising a new Constitution, Judge Gebali said.

While Mr. Dean said he intended to stay on as Democratic chairman until his term expires in 2009, he is slowly preparing to relinquish authority to the party's nominee.

He also repeated earlier assertions that he accepted the presidency on the condition that Dr. Silber, who has been reluctant to relinquish authority in the past, not remain in his job or on the board in any capacity.

Mr. Jiang, who remains military chief even after retiring as president and party leader in 2002, is being urged to follow Deng's example and fully relinquish authority to Mr. Hu, one well-connected party elder said in an interview.

Other people close to the board paint a far different picture, focusing on Dr. Silber's reluctance to relinquish authority and the wishes of some trustees to protect longstanding business relationships that they have with the university.