Sentence examples for tangible authority from inspiring English sources

Unlike Libya's national council, Yemen's shadow government does not control any territory or have any tangible authority.

In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the majority's definition exhibited "remarkable resistance" to "workplace realities" and would leave many employees defenseless against those in their chain of command who could make their work life miserable without having the "tangible" authority the court now requires.

They too looked trapped by protocol, with Patten apparently unable to exert real authority or even help in any tangible way until Entwistle had resigned.

"Iraqis need to know that they will get tangible, executive authority," Vieira de Mello told Bremer.

However, our findings, drawing from both primary and secondary sources, also bring out the potential of the RFRA to hold the forest bureaucracy accountable to forest-dweller communities and its ability to shift tangible legal powers and authority to forest dwellers.

The agency also renewed its negative outlook on Spain's sovereign ratings "in the absence of more aggressive and tangible actions by the authorities".

Adding measures of security is a "tangible" action that "school authorities can do to demonstrate to a worried constituency that they are trying to make schools safer".

His brief, abstract argument for such an authority was made tangible in the hope he placed in the United Nations and its Universal Declaration of Human Rights as first steps in that evolution.

Besides, Vladimir Putin's support of the Ukrainian authorities is more tangible than listening to the EU or US.

Here's what Ms Lagarde had to say:I indicated that, before the Fund can determine when and whether to start negotiations for a Stand-By Arrangement, it will need to see tangible steps that show the authorities' strong commitment to engage on all the policy issues that are relevant to macroeconomic stability.

Before the I.M.F. will begin negotiations on further loans to Hungary, "it will need to see tangible steps that show the authorities' strong commitment to engage on all the policy issues that are relevant to macroeconomic stability," Ms. Lagarde said in a statement.