be in authority
Example Sentences
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A woman who seemed to be in authority grabbed his wrist.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2011
It is not strange, however, that the workman, conscious of the strength of the fraternity behind him, sometimes grows arrogant and insolent toward those who must necessarily be in authority over him.
From Monopolies and the People by Baker, Charles Whiting
I see it is best for the children, but I should like to know exactly who is to be in authority over them.'
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
At the great distance we are from home it behoves some one to be in authority, if we are ever to see the Netherlands again.
From Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Forbes, George
Upon this there entered the room he whom the coxswain had spoken of as the Midshipmite, and who I rightly conjectured to be in authority over these dare-devils.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus
