Sentence examples for that authority to from inspiring English sources

"We do not believe that the 14th Amendment provides that authority to the president," he said.

In May, President Bush used that authority to void the November law.

Initially, the agency used that authority to hunt for Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan.

California used that authority to pass a law in 2002 setting greenhouse gas emissions limits for cars sold there.

"One authorizes the city manager to appoint the civil service commission, and the other designates that authority to the council.

Last Thursday Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said, "We do not believe that the 14th Amendment provides that authority to the president" to end the crisis.

I wonder if there's less of an instinct – not necessarily a desire but an instinct – to award that authority to women.

Mr. Gore used that authority to pursue a broad agenda on issues from arms control to the environment to cooperation in space.

As Charlie Savage reported in The Times last month, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has used that authority to name Republican-appointed judges to 10 of the court's 11 seats.

The results suggest that authority "to" and authority "in" interact in ways not heretofore understood.

He said that "authority to use force against Iraq exists" because Saddam Hussein had failed to comply with UN resolutions.