Sentence examples for using the authority of from inspiring English sources

What is banned is religious groups using the authority of the school to impose their prayer on other people's children.

But using the authority of "God" to justify unjust acts and to aggrandize personal power has lead to today's state, where the very word "God" has become a subject of debate, rather than a transcendent authority for good.

In its 1958 decision in Kent v. Dulles, the Supreme Court halted the State Department from using the authority of its own regulations to refuse or revoke passports based on an applicant's communist beliefs or associations.

But at least it's a start, by using the authority of the court in a way that is not punitive, per se, but is more focused on combining an ability to enhance someone's likelihood of appearance with potential connection to services that could be crucial to them, and helping them avoid constant contacts with the criminal justice system.

In a landscape where food and forest are increasingly scarce, where there are thousands of farmers who use explosives or poison to scare or kill crop-raiding elephants, and where speeding vehicles kill vast numbers of wild animals each day - she is using the authority of her size to make sure I stay put, so that her baby can cross the road safely.

As for the inhumanity of computerized answering systems, we could press our way through until we get a real person and then, using the authority of age, work our way up to as high in the organization as we can get.

He could presumably use the authority of his post to settle the age-old debate on whether candy canes should face right or left.

After this wanton slaughter, I knew that I had to use the authority of my office to curb the possession and use of the type of weapons that killed 35 innocent people.

A stain on Spain if evidence is ignored Andy Murray came of age when he used the authority of his achievements to dismiss the Fuentes case as "the biggest cover-up in the history of sport".

As someone who knows well the persuasive power of speech, Mr. Obama has sought to use the authority of his office to amplify and support the emerging Black Lives Matter movement while striving not to become an unwitting megaphone for anti-police sentiment that has at times fueled violent protests and police shootings.

Mr. McCain also called on Mr. Bush to act now to use the authority of the recent housing bill to start buying mortgages, saying that there was nearly $1 trillion available to do so and that the action would shore up mortgage values.