Sentence examples similar to the scale of authority from inspiring English sources

Various charity figures have suggested that the scale of local authority cuts could kill off the idea before it gets going - by "destroying" existing voluntary groups.

Here the scale of her defiance of authority is literally and symbolically enlarged by the Wilsons; it assumes the grandeur of the epic.

As the latest round of talks aimed at halting the trade in endangered species opened in Bangkok, the BBC's science editor David Shukman discovered the scale of the problem authorities face.

Despite the scale of the smuggling, the authorities have done little to stop it.

These were just estimates; the scale of the destruction defied authorities' ability to account for the dead.

Belatedly waking up to the scale of the problem, Bulgarian authorities are trying to claw back some of their lost history from around the world.

The scale of destruction left many authorities, lucky enough to survive the storm's landfall, wondering where to begin, given the almost total destruction in certain areas -- prompting some to go as far as suggesting mass evacuation from severely affected areas.

Scope recognises the scale of the savings that local authorities – especially their children and adult services – have to make.

The 2015 Children's Commissioner's report into child sexual abuse in the family [pdf download] estimated that just one in eight victims come to the attention of statutory authorities; "the scale of child sexual abuse is therefore much larger than is currently being dealt with", it said.

In spite of the scale of the disaster, Puerto Rico's authorities have touted the storm's extremely low death toll; as of last week, the official count of the dead was sixty-four.

The scope of deception at Ellington, if substantiated, would dwarf what was previously thought to be the scale of the District's problem: Authorities reported only nine cases in the entire public school system last year.