The phrase "use of authority" is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "The professor asserted his use of authority in the classroom to maintain order."
The trick is to introduce already existing ideas into the mainstream without excessive use of authority.
Even as a young officer, he never enjoyed a confrontation and preferred accommodation to the aggressive use of authority.
We develop a model, based on shading, in which the use of authority has a central role.
The trade-offs among conflicting interests in citizen activities and the necessary use of authority in subject activities mandate a clear role for the state.
Sadly, religious communities of women all across the country and the world can trump those tales with worse narratives of negligent, insensitive, unjust and inappropriate use of authority by the church leadership.
The predominantly European literature on the regulatory state sought to show that governmental action was increasingly based on the use of authority, rules, and standard setting, rather than distributional or redistributional tasks, such as public service provision.
On April 3 , 2012 Governor Whitman wrote EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging the use of "authorities you can apply to reduce these hazards before a tragedy of historic proportions occurs".
In a book published in 2009, Abuse of Power, he detailed Sarkozy's many improper uses of authority since his election in 2007, and in no uncertain terms.
"In the villages the Negroes were the office holders, men who knew nothing of the uses of authority, except its insolences," wrote Wilson, whose racist attitudes have led to calls to remove his name from Princeton University's School of Public & International Affairs.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the new request marked the first time President Obama had asked Congress for use-of-force authority.
In the American system, the executive, due to his (her) legitimate use of coercive authority, has their terms of office limited.
