| 单词 | authority |
| 释义 | authority (ɔːθɒrɪti , US -θɔːr- ) Word forms: authorities 1. plural noun B2 The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections. The prison authorities have been criticised for not ending the protest more quickly. Synonyms: powers that be, government, police, officials 2. countable noun [oft in names] An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions. ...the Health Education Authority. Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority. 3. See also local authority 4. uncountable noun B2 Authority is the right to command and control other people. Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas. The judge had no authority to order a second trial. Synonyms: prerogative, right, influence, might 5. uncountable noun If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say. He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others. 6. uncountable noun Authority is official permission to do something. The police were given authority to arrest anyone suspected of subversive thoughts. 7. countable noun Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs. [+ on] Synonyms: expert, specialist, professional, master 8. have it on good authority phrase If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it. I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer. Quotations: Authority is never without hateIon I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it Bible: St. Matthew Collocations: authorities confirmed The authorities confirmed a total of 7,711 cases altogether, 1,700 more than the day before. Times,Sunday Times The authorities confirmed that power lines brought down by strong winds were the cause of another fire that destroyed most of the homes lost. Times, Sunday Times Authorities confirmed that was the case. Chicago Sun-Times Just after midday, however, the authorities confirmed that the avalanche had not taken any lives, with only four skiers 'impacted by the blast'. Times, Sunday Times Government authorities confirmed at least 800 people have been affected by the floods in the capital alone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At about the same time the authorities declared a month-long state of emergency. Times, Sunday Times Roads around the airport were shut down as airport authorities declared a state of emergency. The Sun State media reported that local authorities declared a state of high alert and relocated 120,000 people ahead of the storm, the 21st of the season. canada.com The authorities declared martial law, banned all public meetings and called out twenty-two more militia companies to patrol the streets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1991 the municipal authorities declared that water from over 100 wells was hazardous for health if used for drinking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 City authorities imposed an indefinite curfew to try to avert civilian casualties. Times, Sunday Times In response, the authorities imposed stricter rules, including shutting fitness centres. Times,Sunday Times The authorities imposed a 90-day freeze on bank accounts to stop the collapse of the banking system, with withdrawals limited to 250 pesos ($250) a week. Times, Sunday Times As the days unfolded, 80,000 people left the area and the authorities imposed a 20-mile exclusion zone. Times, Sunday Times From then on the civic authorities imposed control over parking, leading ultimately to the byzantine rules that blight many neighbourhoods today. Times, Sunday Times Six workers have died building the stadiums, causing further stoppages as authorities investigate. Times, Sunday Times A one-mile stretch of cliff top and beach has been sealed off while the authorities investigate. Times, Sunday Times The day care has since closed while authorities investigate. Houston Chronicle The communiqués are understood to relate to the trader's dealing positions and come as international authorities investigate claims that the $4.7 trillion-a-day foreign exchange markets are being rigged. Times, Sunday Times The authorities issue stern warnings, newspapers express outrage and late-night comedians catch the public's derision. Times, Sunday Times Analysis of data from councils shows that strict local authorities issue penalties at rates five times higher than average. The Sun Many regulatory and governmental authorities issue estimates each year for the amount of money laundered, either worldwide or within their national economy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some businesses and government authorities issue certified identification cards to their employees, accepted as identity documents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seigniorage revenues are the profits generated when monetary authorities issue currency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And yet, when he was arrested in 2012, authorities seized 18 sports cars and froze more than $175 million. Times, Sunday Times After a three-day operation the authorities seized three elephants that did not have the identifying microchips that are required for domestic animals. Times, Sunday Times The authorities seized his assets. Times, Sunday Times During a two-day raid in 2006, authorities seized $18.4 million worth of counterfeit designer brand merchandise from two downtown locations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the jail authorities seized the 17 pages written by her, stating that she would need to seek permission from the court to write a book on the under-trial case. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The local authority was powerless to prevent it. Times,Sunday Times (2019) The authorities are powerless to monitor him after he was deported from Australia. The Sun (2010) Once the police introduced new safety restrictions, the transport authority was powerless to intervene. Times, Sunday Times (2008) They have the training and the authority of law. Times, Sunday Times I therefore find that the acts of defendant are illegal and without authority of law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It primarily refers to the influence and authority of law within society, particularly as a constraint upon behavior, including behavior of government officials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much inconvenience and indignity have been suffered by the innocent and much energy has been wasted by the authorities of law and order, and all for nothing, or almost nothing. Times, Sunday Times A hierarchical monolithic central authority attempted to impose its views, and people increasingly refused to accept them. Times, Sunday Times Pointedly beyond control of any state or bank-like central authority, bitcoin behaves more like an organism than an institution. Times, Sunday Times But a stable currency needs one central authority to run it, not two. The Sun A new layer of unelected regional commissioners was appointed to administer the country in the event of the collapse of central authority. Times, Sunday Times They challenge the thesis that statueerecting shows the island had some kind of central authority to organize it all. The Times Literary Supplement Does that explain his unwillingness to challenge authority, to impose his ideas and take responsibility for his career? Times, Sunday Times Collectives are formed among the vulnerable: members band in solidarity to support each other and challenge authority. The Times Literary Supplement It's time to challenge authority, improvise and make your work visible to others. Times, Sunday Times He was not afraid to challenge authority. Times, Sunday Times Challenge authority: if you don't question everything then you have to put up with the status quo. Times, Sunday Times He was so quiet he could not command authority, and the youth group often manipulated him. Christianity Today Management in the early days of the railways was largely built on army regulations, and overcoming the legacy of 200 years of command authority was not easy. Times, Sunday Times He was known for seldom complaining if his complaint would go against command authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 See also area command; combatant command; combatant command (command authority). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The chief maintains command authority over all department employees, both sworn and civilian. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Competent authorities pronounced it and the memoir to be valuable contributions to geography. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Competent authorities generally have the power to bind their government in specific cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also requires parties to empower its courts or other competent authorities to order that bank, financial, or commercial records be made available or seized. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As such, seen as competent authorities, chambers began to more widespreadly issue non-preferential certificates of origin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The content and format of the dossier must follow rules as defined by the competent authorities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police have appealed to her to contact the authorities. Times, Sunday Times They might be put down if you contact the authorities. The Sun Some of them contacted the authorities and the fraud began to unravel. Times, Sunday Times We didn't even open the doors - we just had to contact the authorities. Times, Sunday Times She left the office and didn't contact the authorities for five years. Times, Sunday Times First, decision-making authority must be clearly defined. Christianity Today It has a democratically elected parliament, but the emir holds the ultimate decision-making authority. Times, Sunday Times A states traditional sovereign decision-making authority has become shared, in recent years, with such actors giving rise to new methods and strategies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But, in addition, in part because they have no decision-making authority, ombuds offices can, themselves, offer a wide spectrum of informal options. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since there are many levels, decision-making authority has to pass through more layers than flatter organizations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here are some people with good reasons to defy authority. Smithsonian It encourages them to think outside the box and defy authority. Times, Sunday Times We watch them doing aerialism, or, in a neat moment that tests our ability to defy authority, hanging suspended by their hair. Times, Sunday Times Critics charged that the system stifled creativity and created officials who dared not defy authority, yet the system also continued to promote cultural unity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time he would be defying authority as never before and taking revenge on the mainstream secular society that had let him down in the first place. Times, Sunday Times Most boards already delegate authority to remuneration committees. Times, Sunday Times You can delegate authority, but not responsibility. Times, Sunday Times They knew how to organize employees and delegate authority and make sure the lights were switched off at the end of the business day. Globe and Mail Be willing to delegate authority. Globe and Mail Often these commissioners did not live in their village and so had to delegate authority to others to handle the mail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The split led to the emergence of a separate ecclesiastical authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Certain areas of law were placed under ecclesiastical authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As such they recognise no central ecclesiastical authority, no formal creed, no prescribed liturgy nor any ordained salaried ministry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the 1840s, he steadfastly opposed radicalism and secularism and placed a conservative emphasis on piety and ecclesiastical authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This flourishing commercial activity made for a culture relatively tolerant of the play of new ideas, sheltered from the censorious hand of ecclesiastical authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The global nature of the problem means that the speaker rarely has executive authority to turn his words into deeds. Times, Sunday Times They all they think it's this huge usurpation of executive authority, unconstitutional, and terrible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When politicians take on a quasi-judicial role they do not have unrivalled executive authority to deliver a verdict, even if they wish to do so. Times, Sunday Times It would grant executive authority to a visible individual who would be responsible for the city's progress. Times, Sunday Times Local party machines are powerful and do not welcome the idea of an interloper with both moral and executive authority. Times, Sunday Times It requires someone to exercise authority and take responsibility. Times, Sunday Times I exercise authority over you. Christianity Today In this environment, national governments will find it harder than ever to exercise authority over such dominant cities and the transnational businesses that operate from them. Times, Sunday Times Don't you just love a referee ready to exercise authority? Times, Sunday Times To broaden representative government, each has a directly elected local district council to exercise authority and carry out functions at a local level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He lasted through eight presidents and used secrets to exert authority and fear. Times, Sunday Times These events marked the first time under the new constitution that the federal government used strong military force to exert authority over the states and citizens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A pastor's strength must come from his preaching and teaching ministry, not primarily from exerting authority. Christianity Today He rarely speaks publicly, and exerts authority through a body of about 15 persons appointed by him known as the kehillah. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Federal authority has clearly failed to do the job. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In general, he favored extension of federal authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They required the development of certain water quality standards and expanded federal authority in upholding the standards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Section 91 of the constitution gives rise to federal authority for legislation, whereas section 92 gives rise to provincial powers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If viewed as regulation of interstate commerce, fixing of rates by the state would interfere with federal authority, even in the absence of congressional action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was recognized as a foremost authority on late 19th-century art. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hurst was also notable as the foremost authority on medieval pottery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The treatise was widely acclaimed as the foremost authority on the topic and was later enlarged in 1938. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He's now one of the foremost authorities on the subject. Times, Sunday Times He devoted himself especially to the study of statistics, and was recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the subject. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Barristers are being given more time but, failing that, solicitors will be granted authority to instruct barristers outside the panel. Times, Sunday Times But the hyperactive 39-year-old president was closely engaged while his deputies in parliament granted authority to the government to rewrite the sacred 'red book' of the labour code. Times, Sunday Times During that period for 1,260 days (or 42 months, or 3 years), two witnesses would be granted authority to prophesy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then after a short time at a minimum power the station was granted authority to increase power to 3,000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet, we have also granted authority to a justice department that has the legitimate power to alter life quality of those in prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the housing authority was not concerned to argue that the court should not make an order to that effect. Times, Sunday Times A relevant vulnerability might include but was not limited to an inability to obtain housing unaided by the housing authority. Times, Sunday Times As a result, the landlord brought possession proceedings; the claimant unsuccessfully applied to the housing authority for payment of the arrears. Times, Sunday Times Since neither the claimant nor the landlord notified the housing authority, the amount representing the increases had not been paid. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, the case would be remitted to be reconsidered by the local housing authority. Times, Sunday Times The commission report said that the database should be placed on a clear statutory basis and overseen by an independent authority. Times, Sunday Times Requests will still have to be approved by a judge, magistrate or other 'independent authority'. The Sun Under the new treaty, the police, prosecutors and the security services can submit requests for information to a judge, magistrate or 'other independent authority'. Times, Sunday Times Patients and their families who are not satisfied by such a report will find the health ombudsman a much more independent authority. Times,Sunday Times They are reportedly preparing to reveal 'incredibly significant information from an independent authority' which would discredit the prosecution. The Sun This one had a very specific function: informing the authorities if your neighbour was unwell. Times, Sunday Times They are required to inform the authorities about details, such as changes of address, and details of their offences are properly recorded. Times, Sunday Times Knowing that the justice system routinely heaped suspicion on the first person to contact police, they wavered over whether to inform the authorities. Times, Sunday Times Every day they must remember to inform the authorities where they will be and what they are doing. The Sun They did not think it was necessary to inform the authorities. The Sun That objective would only be achieved if states gave the same meaning to 'judicial authority'. Times, Sunday Times All the material led to the conclusion that the issuing judicial authority embraced the prosecutor in the present case. Times, Sunday Times The initial verdict will in due course be examined by the appropriate judicial authority. Times, Sunday Times Under that doctrine, a person who was believed and believed himself to have the necessary judicial authority in certain proceedings was regarded in law as possessing such authority. Times, Sunday Times From his judicial authority followed his power both to make laws and to annul them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, she cites no legal authority to support her apparent position that the damage element can be satisfied on such contingent grounds. Christianity Today A pastor's legal authority to solemnize a marriage in another state will depend on the law of that state. Christianity Today The plaintiffs also fail to provide legal authority supporting their arguments. Christianity Today Parliamentary 'estimates' give legal authority for government departments to go ahead with their planned spending for a year. Times, Sunday Times Enforcement officers have no legal authority to enter properties. Times,Sunday Times Both sides claimed legitimate authority over the whole peninsula. Times, Sunday Times That will mean an economic rescue, aimed at restoring a functioning market economy, and backing for the only body with legitimate authority. Times, Sunday Times In such a climate, how can we regain the legitimate authority our preaching needs to communicate the gospel with power and effect? Christianity Today The 'credible authority' that we spoke of under the first heading must be, therefore, a potential legitimate authority. The Times Literary Supplement He alone recognised the rebels as the legitimate authority. Times, Sunday Times Because civilians did not fall under military authority, unprecedented legislation was rushed through making it a felony to disobey a military order in a military area. The Times Literary Supplement It would have been possible for the political or military authority to put an end to it at any moment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of his accomplishments as representative, was the creation of a law which separated the civil authority from the military authority in the island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each province was administered by a praeses with civil authority and a dux with military authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If they were appointed to a crown castle, their heirs couldn't claim their civil or military authority as inheritance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By waiting more than 20 years, we have lost all moral authority to do this. Times, Sunday Times Among his other tributes, our prime minister commended the president for 'pressing the reset button on the moral authority of the entire free world'. Times, Sunday Times He should be told firmly, with great moral authority, that he has become a threat to world peace. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes you have to be guided by a moral authority far higher than mere etiquette. Times, Sunday Times This link forms the very basis of the market's moral authority. Times, Sunday Times Whether at the level of national government or municipal authority, public authorities have a responsibility to pay their way rather than engage in fiscal fantasy. Times, Sunday Times Every municipal authority in the country has already raised its minimum wage this year and the most recent increases were only six months ago. Times, Sunday Times The fort was taken over by the municipal authority in 1974, restored, and converted to an art gallery and home for music festivals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are many old buildings and heritage shops, so the municipal authority decided to convert this area to a pedestrian zone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the course of these protests, demonstrators convinced their municipal authority to reduce the fare price. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Professionally planned frauds, which could include divorcing couples who fail to notify the authorities about their true circumstances, will also be targeted. Times, Sunday Times He can leave the country for up to three days without notifying the authorities. Times, Sunday Times He denies calling the police, but called a friend who notified the authorities. Times, Sunday Times One of their sons notified the authorities after visiting their house and finding the door had been forced open. Times,Sunday Times The so-called regulatory alert was issued after up to 10 charities were found to have failed to notify the authorities about such thefts. Times, Sunday Times But football, the richest sport of all of them, rejects truth in favour of the papal authority of the referee. Times, Sunday Times He did it to save papal authority, but achieved the opposite. Times, Sunday Times Both cities submitted to papal authority in 1329. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During this time, he wrote exclusively on political matters, as an advocate of secular absolutism against papal authority, for which he had previously been excommunicated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was one of the earliest opponents of papal authority influencing secular power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Immature readers, he wrote, were in danger of drawing the wrong lessons from a novel that glamorized disobedience to parental authority. The Times Literary Supplement A society based on families and parental authority has strength. Times, Sunday Times Others were outraged at the thought of social services being involved or at parental authority being questioned. Times, Sunday Times You say they are 'unused to parental authority', which suggests that they struggle to respect their caregivers. Times, Sunday Times It's almost the nanny state as a parental authority telling us what we ought to be doing ... Times, Sunday Times Rival retailers want local planning authorities to be forced to consider competition issues. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Speak to an officer at your local planning authority. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Extensions to existing houses are frequently the cause of friction between neighbouring homeowners and the planning authority. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The police authority claim the bonuses are deserved. The Sun Green claimed credit for the successes, but the police authority has remained unimpressed. Times, Sunday Times The police authority at the time tried to take a stronger line but were ineffectual. Times, Sunday Times Throughout the operation the police authority held me to account for decisions on this expenditure. Times, Sunday Times The bonuses are automatically distributed to those who are eligible unless senior officers write to the police authority waiving their entitlement. Times, Sunday Times The single currency was established without the centralised political authority to back it up. Times, Sunday Times Rather, a good rhetorician shores up the affection and common values on which political authority depends. The Times Literary Supplement It could hardly have less political authority than the existing one. Times, Sunday Times Although the commercial freedoms have provided the engine for the most rapid and widespread rise in living standards in human history, the constraints of political authority are still in place. Times, Sunday Times So the military must be subordinate to a political authority that aims to make the insurgents irrelevant in the eyes of those people who might otherwise support them. Times, Sunday Times Cannon combined a government grant with a pre-pay agreement involving a public power authority to complete the financial arrangement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some residents believed that a property owners association could gain too much power and cause the community's direction to fall into an undesirable power authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before privatisation, the nationalised power authorities were run by engineers who took a pragmatic view of generation, transmission and distribution costs and set consumer prices accordingly. Times, Sunday Times Some hospitals, universities, transit commissions, power authorities and other agencies employ special constables. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Joint powers authorities receive existing powers from the creating governments; thus, they are distinct from special districts, which receive new delegations of sovereign power from the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She tried ringing the prison authorities, the justice department, the security agencies, to get information. COUP D'ETAT It was for the police rather than the Board or the prison authorities to assess the validity or otherwise of the evidence. RIOT Prison authorities only discovered what was going on after intercepting a letter. The Sun (2007) Maybe then the softly, softly approach we've adopted can be replaced with some proper authority. The Sun Why did they go to your country without proper authority? Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A written or printed document in which are contained such matters, issued by proper authority; as the president's proclamation, the governor's, the mayor's proclamation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, all passengers may be subject to random inspections by a proper authority to prove that they have paid a fare. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ushers are also expected to help with security and to ensure that only people with proper authority have access to backstage areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Laws can be disguised (known as colourable law) as criminal in order to intrude on provincial authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Provincial authority said that every year, about 600 to 800 criminal cases take place in the county, but half of them are not solved. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Counties administer state or provincial law at the local level as part of the decentralization of state/provincial authority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The report indicates that while teachers are often singled out, district and provincial authorities are also to blame for failing schools. ST More importantly, they taught me what only books can: to question authority, make up your own mind and not fear accepted wisdom. Times, Sunday Times Playing the fool had long been a way to question authority. The Sun They have been forced to lurk in the sewers of a primitive world, and their leader has even begun to recognise emotions and question authority. Times, Sunday Times There must never be no way to question authority. The Sun It can be heroic to question authority. The Times Literary Supplement The mayor also ordered a halt to construction of the lift but, to her fury, was overruled by the regional authority. Times, Sunday Times Environmental impact assessments were submitted to the regional authority as part of the application process. Times, Sunday Times Funded by donations, he has lodged numerous complaints and a separate case has been brought against the regional authority for authorising the sale. Times, Sunday Times The regional authority pays a top-up for the 20 residents who have no income. Times, Sunday Times The regional authority and power that the magnates attained was exerted by a variety of means, including private military forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new regulatory authority would have the power to initiate investigations of misconduct, and rogue officers would be brought before public disciplinary hearings. Times, Sunday Times The answer should be a single regulatory authority of some kind, at least for the purposes of authorising banks and determining the rules under which they operate. Times, Sunday Times Opponents had argued that a single regulatory authority for tissues and embryos would put patient safety at risk and create an additional tier of bureaucracy and expense. Times, Sunday Times A separate proposal allows for the future merger of the central bank with the state regulatory authority, under which the governor of the central bank would be demoted. Times, Sunday Times The regulatory authority said the proposed takeover would substantially reduce competition. Times, Sunday Times Religious authorities say the mistakes are not significant. Times, Sunday Times Religious authorities, undermined during the revolutionary epoch, reasserted themselves. The Times Literary Supplement Religious authorities believed their members had heretical tendencies and sometimes tried to bring disciplinary measures against them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They need to be taught how to respect authority. The Sun The locals live simply, working land owned by the local baron, attending church and raising families who know to respect authority. The Sun You were taught to respect authority. Times, Sunday Times While we respect the authority of the classification board and will abide by the rules, we emphatically disagree with this particular decision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One was expected to remain in one's social class and to respect the authority of the ruling classes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet 2017 was a bumpy ride for democratic institutions struggling to retain authority, and for dissidents or minorities bullied by autocratic regimes. Times, Sunday Times Under the plan, the council also retained authority to change the site of the convention headquarters hotel at any time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The emperor also retained authority over the minting of money, as well as the right to grant pardons and quash judicial proceedings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In other systems there are usually fixed terms, but the head of state retains authority to dissolve the legislature in certain circumstances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its bishops still retained authority as counts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have found it extremely effective to appeal to secular authorities as part of my logical appeal. Christianity Today It was the secular authorities, however, who made most use of ceremonial chiaroscuro. The Times Literary Supplement The court condemns her as a heretic, and the secular authorities burn her at the stake. Christianity Today At last the secular authorities interfered. Times, Sunday Times She was handed over to secular authorities. Christianity Today Spiritual authority or knowledge will not be used as a club to force passage of an issue or program. Christianity Today Therefore, they could not have real spiritual authority over others. Christianity Today People are looking for a higher power, a sense of mystery, revelation and spiritual authority for their lives. Christianity Today Their mission has usually required them to exercise spiritual authority. Times, Sunday Times There's one benefit that, frankly, caught me by surprise: sharing the pulpit increased the spiritual authority and power of the rest of the staff. Christianity Today But under our constitution neither has the slightest legal effect without statutory authority. Times,Sunday Times In situations such as this, it was customary for social workers to approach charities as the council had no statutory authority to provide for these purchases. Times, Sunday Times While he acknowledges a moral responsibility, he says that the statutory authority rests with governments. Times, Sunday Times Congress exercised its statutory authority to overrule this proposal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rules, despite their issuance, lacked statutory authority and were unenforceable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we must remember who has ultimate authority. Christianity Today Although ultimate authority will rest with the head of state, every major expenditure will have to be signed off by those watchdogs. Times, Sunday Times People have difficulty understanding you can be seen as leader of a sport without having ultimate authority. Times, Sunday Times But film directors had the ultimate authority, and much better salaries. Times, Sunday Times The party secretary, not the board of directors, wields ultimate authority. Times, Sunday Times Such omissions undermine the authority of philosophy's address of 'reality'. The Times Literary Supplement Apology will not undermine your authority, it actually strengthens your credibility. Times, Sunday Times Nothing will undermine your authority more than hypocrisy. Times, Sunday Times Rather than undermine the authority of referees it would take pressure off them. The Sun In fact, they continue to remain highly sceptical of the use of video evidence - because they are concerned it will undermine the authority of referees! The Sun That's okay, as long as we don't usurp the authority and leadership of those who will be there for the long run. Christianity Today There was a struggle for power to administer rugby and to usurp the authority of the respective unions. Times, Sunday Times Legislators from both major parties expressed concern that the arrangement would usurp their authority to write and revise legislation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this view the orthodoxies that teachers should demand respect and wield authority were among many thrown out in the 1960s and 1970s. Times, Sunday Times Although the emperor did not wield authority in matters of faith, the government effectively controlled organization, finances and policies of the church. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Part of a front row which wielded authority early on, although in the heat was probably always going to be replaced. Times, Sunday Times |
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