Sentence examples for the existing authority from inspiring English sources

"We believe we have the existing authority," said one person briefed on the issue who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Some Republican senators — and Mr. Dugan — would like to protect the existing authority of the O.C.C. over national banks, arguing that a healthy banking system protects consumers.

It also added language declaring that the new law would not restrict the existing authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in terrorism matters.

Similarly, conditions in East Germany and the Soviet Union did not allow for the development of strong generational solidarity against the existing authority.

Many legal experts though have pointed out the necessity to preserve the existing authority as a check on the government.

He was elected to that role," said Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla).. "Right now the administration is telling us they have all the existing authority.

"Terrible things are going on right now," Mr. Ragulski said, describing efforts by the existing authorities to use new laws for their own profit.

4. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, all powers and responsibilities regarding law enforcement, including investigation, judicial proceedings and imprisonment, will continue to be under the responsibility of the existing authorities in the West Bank.

(The other mentions of responsibility refer to devolution of powers to Scotland and Wales). The manifesto refers to "accountability" only twice in 84 pages: it takes credit for more accountability on the "frontline" of healthcare, and admits that schools need more accountability, but would not change the existing authorities.

More central to the argument, the drive to create a peer-to-peer currency that operates outside the existing authorities and exchanges is the same one that encouraged investment banks to devise peer-to-peer trading platforms away from the central exchanges in London, New York and Tokyo.

But yes, some of the existing authorities that we rely on, including those connected to the WTO, could be undermined by this.