He is largely responsible for bringing it to the world stage in a voice that delivers with "subtle prophetic authority" (NY Times).
A lack of direct contractual relationships makes the line of authority subtle.
Liang Long's earnestness as he played the Errenzhuan was entertainingly outrageous, and his subtle mockery of Chinese authority — the costume, the military salutes, the occasional allusions to Communist-era songs — betrayed a real irreverence.
You need to provide potential customers with subtle cues (creating company authority with smart copy and social proof) that justify your premium prices, because perception goes a long way toward influencing their evaluation of your prices.
"One day we may have enough self-confidence to understand the value of having different opinions," he said in a subtle jab at the authorities.
You do subtle things to emphasize your authority, like tell students to change seats".
The imperious tone of that last sentence is the key to the strangely subtle balance of generosity and authority that has enabled Busby to make such a huge contribution to British football.
But he has been different from all the other aspiring masters in that he has taught nothing so insistently as the need to dissolve our illusions about masters, and to be responsive to more moderate, subtle and humane sources of authority.
Religious zealots have resorted to posting cutouts of the Quran or Biblical Testaments to the exclusion of more comprehensive readings in a not subtle effort to project Divine authority.
