Sentence examples for weighty authorities from inspiring English sources

For me, notwithstanding some of the weighty authorities mentioned above, it was entirely right that Britain entered the war.

I used to rage against this fact and deny it, but it has itself the blunt weighty authority of truth.

"Alias Grace" has the physical heft and weighty authority of a 19th-century novel.

The President has only one more weighty authority than making a nomination to lifetime Supreme Court appointment – taking the country to war.

The Sunday Times noted: "What makes this book worthwhile is its fiercely illuminating angle.... Morrison, as usual, declined to take part but the author's scholarly methods lend this weighty volume a real authority".

It is simply unfair to victims, and to the accused military members that a convening authority makes these weighty calls based on a few hours of training.

Franklin's weighty words will be lent a special authority by the voice of Walter Cronkite.

Even as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority seeks to overcome a $1.2 billon shortfall with fare increases and service cuts, an even weightier problem looms: The authority is uncertain how it will pay for a five-year capital spending plan that could cost as much as $30 billion.

Doing so would be a weighty but potentially contentious decision, given inconsistencies by the Japanese authorities in punishing white-collar crime.

[E1.] European Regulators Crack Down on Cartels Across Europe, formerly docile cartel authorities are cracking down on collusion in economically weighty sectors like telecommunications, construction and banking.

This may come to nothing, but at least Europe's competition authorities show willing.The debit side is, however, just as weighty.