Sentence examples for seizing authority over from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bloomberg has made improving the schools a focus of his mayoralty, seizing authority over the bureaucracy, doubling the budget and opening hundreds of additional, small schools.

"The most powerful C.E.O.'s have effectively seized authority over a vast range of America's corporate resources," he wrote, "and through those resources over the nation itself without assuming any responsibilities of dominion".

Number two: seize authority over your thoughts.

It must give assurances that it will not seize exclusive authority over Egypt for itself and its allies.

These two cases represent an impressive intake for one weekend given that in 2005 Cambodian authorities seized just over 11 kg of heroin.

But elephants, tigers, rhinos and other "charismatic megafauna" are not the only animals in trouble.On March 15th, days after conservationists discussed clamping down on wildlife smuggling at a recent CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) conference in Thailand, Thai authorities seized over 300 live tortoises at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport.

BBC reports that Chinese authorities seized over 100,000 tons of meat from smugglers in the Hunan province, some dating back to the Carter Administration, as part of a nationwide crackdown on poor food standards.

Half a year after the nightlife debacle in which Williamsburg nightclub, Verboten, closed its doors after the authorities seized the venue over $360,000 in unpaid taxes, news has hit the streets literally of a new nightclub ready to fill its neon-tinged shoes.

"This movement is about seizing control over our lives.

Tunnel vision seized the authorities.

Residents and activists have seized on memos between the state and the housing authority over cleanup standards that they say show the plans are not thorough.