Sentence examples for weak authority from inspiring English sources

It makes us look like a weak authority.

The report described circumstances during a period of fluidity and weak authority after the popular uprising that ousted Kyrgyzstan's authoritarian leader, Kurmanbek S. Bakiyev.

And given the already wobbly economy and the already weak authority of the government, a serious setback might set the stage for social and political turmoil -- maybe with an ethnic and religious edge.

In diplomatic circles, Mr. Karzai is sometimes referred to as the "Mayor of Kabul," a reference to his control of the capital, but weak authority in remote areas of the country.

Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, who was working to draft alternative legislation, said the proposal put forward by the White House and Congressional Democrats provided only weak authority for the car czar, who would supervise the sweeping reorganization plans that the automakers have agreed to carry out.

Weak authority and largely voluntary standards limit global institutions' impact on nuclear safety and security.

Even in otherwise peaceful places conflicts between Islamist groups and often weak authorities have been on the rise.Last October police fought running battles with the supporters of an influential sheikh on the streets of Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

· Islamic terror cells are spreading eastwards into Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic for the first time, prompting fears of a new battleground in countries with weak authorities, powerful criminal gangs and endemic corruption in the years to come.

Low interest rates can also unleash inflation, but when economic growth is very weak, authorities worry more about deflation.

He said all of the councils which were happy to merge were "weak authorities" which should not be paired together.

The nation now has such a director, but with weaker authority than what the commission proposed, and the position may turn out to be no more than another layer of bureaucracy.