Sentence examples for seeking authority from inspiring English sources

"We are not seeking authority," he said.

They included seeking authority from Congress to negotiate international trade agreements.

Mr. Rajaratnam's briefs focus almost exclusively on whether the government acted improperly in seeking authority under the Wiretap Act to record his telephone conversations.

Ms. Schapiro and Mr. Gensler are mainly seeking authority to subject derivatives dealers to capital, margin and disclosure requirements, and position limits.

In their filing Tuesday, Mr. Rajaratnam's lawyers argued that the government misled courts in seeking authority for the wiretaps in 2007.

The article on the front page of Monday's Times reported that the top Special Operations officer, Adm. William H. McRaven, is now seeking authority to move his forces faster and outside of normal Pentagon deployment channels.

When women "lean in" to seek authority, or even equal pay, they are punished.

He also sought authority to align more than 50 state agencies into 10 cabinet-style departments.

The United Parents Association of New York City had sought authority to hire principals and set budgets, but lost.

This is a kind of criticism that does not pit the critic against the text, does not seek authority.

The CIA, which along with the military's special operations forces sought authority for the strike, declined to comment.