Sentence examples for their authority on from inspiring English sources

Appointed governor to Richard II in February 1381, Warwick joined the nobles who sought to impose their authority on the king and was one of the lords appellant in 1388.

The Fellows derive their authority on the other hand, from their experiences as secondary school teachers.

Parents founding their authority on the word of God should, he says, command absolute authority over their children.

But the Brotherhood leaders, Mr. Ayyash said, "are building all their authority on the policy of blind obedience".

18% of cases and rising have been done by trained cutters who have outright abused their authority on families.

Any steps politicians and politically inclined groups take to stamp their authority on it diminishes the world.

Unlike in their previous two Barclays Premier League home matches against Chelsea and Norwich, Tottenham failed to stamp their authority on the game in the first half.

With capital scarce, such tinkering matters.As national regulators seek to stamp their authority on international finance, conflicts and inefficiencies arise in all sorts of areas.

Many lords mentioned how long they themselves had been married — 30, 40, 60 years — as proof of their authority on the subject.

The 181-kilometre stage from Grenoble saw Arnstrong and his Discovery team use the first mountaintop finish of this year's race to stamp their authority on the tour.

Villains of the Arab Spring have routinely blamed rebellion against their authority on external forces, and insisted the populace unite against this imagined enemy.