Sentence examples for sign of authority from inspiring English sources

It was a call to attention, a sign of authority, a virtual parody of handmade culture.

His only visible sign of authority was a buzzer on his desk that he pushed to summon an assistant.

What irony that Tory attacks on his weakness rebound to his advantage at every outing: any sign of authority comes as a bonus.

White laboratory coats, traditionally thought of as a sign of authority and competence, are a necessary part of the lives of some scientists - but not all.

For Chipperfield, his installation for the Mies building not only recalls the forest's dense symbolism in German literature and folklore, but has much to say about the notion of the column in architecture: "The column has a very particular relationship with Germany because Nazi architecture in a way confiscated it by using it as a sign of authority.

On Wednesday, one pro-government gunman near the sand-bagged entrance to the Tadamun district sported a T-shirt, jeans and sandals, with the only sign of authority being a pair of hand grenades and a pistol tucked into his belt.

In a further sign of authorities' campaign against Yukos, a subsidiary company, Lenaneftegaz, abruptly lost its temporary license to explore rich Siberian oil and gas fields at Talakanskoye.

CAIRO -- Egyptian security forces on Wednesday arrested one of the last senior Muslim Brotherhood figures still at large, the latest sign of authorities' determination to continue cracking down on the Islamist organization.

Even five days after the catastrophe, there were few signs of authority in many stricken areas except for a few troops.

I am wired not to value telephone advice – it may be generational or the fact that I put too much weight on eye contact and body language as signs of authority and trust.

"From the time you are a kid, from the time you are little, the one thing you are taught is, 'If you are in trouble, go to a police officer.' They are symbolically and substantively the signs of authority.