Sentence examples for the growing authority from inspiring English sources

Given regional devolution and the growing authority of European institutions, Belgium managed to function surprisingly well with no national leadership.Profit fell again at FedEx, sliding over 6 percent in the fourth quarter.

Against the growing authority of the dukes and the deep differences in dialect, customs, and social structure among the tribal duchies there stood only the Carolingian tradition of kingship; but, with Charles III (Charles the Simple) as ruler of the West Frankish kingdom, its future was uncertain and not very hopeful.

The growing authority with which Strauss played the Pakistan spin bowlers was perhaps the only positive England could take from another disappointing batting display.

Lock Geoff Parling was a Lions Test player in the summer, but now finds himself facing an uphill battle for a start in his own national side, such has been the growing authority of the fledgling partnership of Lawes - who has proved himself capable of calling the line-out - and Launchbury.

The Stewart dynasty, founded by King Robert II in 1371, was defined by the growing authority and power of the Scottish Kings in matters of law and the development of existing legal institutions.

The growing authority of medical practitioners, often Scottish and schooled outside the Oxbridge tradition, was also highlighted, giving the medical establishment further cause for concern and, no doubt, fuelling their animosity toward Maclean.

This tradition was continued in the Russian realms, where the tsardom claimed a growing authority for itself even in the area of the church.

But Wolfgang Koch's Wotan, mainstay of the first two parts of the Ring, sang with growing authority and an attractively burnished tone, while Catherine Foster's richly articulate Brünnhilde – disgracefully booed for presumably chauvinistic reasons after Act 2 of Die Walküre – now prepares to come into her own.

Despite a tough 2012, the business retains an excellent position in the growing local authority and regulated services outsourcing market.

Concerned over the growing numbers, authorities have been trying to convince Indians to have smaller families.

These meetings, the first of their kind since the 9th century, were deemed ecumenical because they were called by the pope, thus demonstrating the growing importance and authority of the papacy.