Sentences with phrase «than authority»

It is office rather than authority per se that gives access to power over a diversity of people.

It seems you assume more than your authority permits to claim that this is a freedom or that is a freedom without justification.

Without it, people changing partners would happen faster than the authorities could follow — and we can't not know who is financially responsible for whom, now can we?

More effective than authority and knowing all the answers were empathy, listening, facilitating, and assuming they were more able than I was, which they are for things they care about.

I'd much rather be an inspiring role model than an authority to my child.

The second sentence in part qualifies the first by specifying doctrinal areas of required assent rather than the authority of the church's teaching office:

The goal here is for the network of miners and nodes to take responsibility for transferring the shift from state to state, rather than some authority such as PayPal or a bank.

In brief, redemption is the freedom to appeal to the immanent divinity in the self as a more perfect authority than the authority of history or environment alone.

With a non-directive play therapist, they have an ally in their development and a partner in play rather than an authority figure telling them how to act or what to do.

The EU is already far stricter with chemicals in commercial products than authorities from the US.

Germany is highly leveraged to the Chinese industrial cycle so this may be a sign that Chinese growth has slowed more than the authorities admit — as indicated by plummeting yields on Chinese bonds, and rates on three - month Shibor and certificates of deposit.

Then start with Christians — they believe their morality is based on a system rather than an authority who simply says «do what I'm telling you!».

As Henri de Lubac points out in The Motherhood of the Church, paternal authority is much less apt to result in abuse of power and tyranny than authority derived from other sources.

He calls forth more fish than the nets can hold, heals more people than the authorities allow and forgives more sins than stubborn lips confess.

But in the power battles which had been raging for some centuries, the contentions were common enough: «The Church's authority is greater than the authority of Scripture... the decretals of the Roman Church have to be added to Scripture... in the New Law the Pope's judgment is the oracle of God.»

The authority of God, once taught, is much harder to unseat than the authority of a human father, whose imperfections diminish the respect he can demand, and whose flattery fans the flames of independence.

The refusal to allow investigators into prisons means the government will still not have a clear idea of the extent of rape behind bars, which could be a more significant problem than authorities had previously recognised.

With European officials stretched by a string of assaults by seemingly unconnected attackers who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, Mr. Sarfo suggested that there may be more of a link than the authorities yet know.

And even where there have been few arrests, law enforcement officials believe those numbers have more to do with residents complying with the law than authorities» lack of enthusiasm for enforcing it.

The cheap is unmistakable: tacky plastic framing the seat - mounted power controls, similar plastic surrounding the dashboard instruments, lightweight doors that close with more apology than authority, bordello - velour treatment on some interior plastic molding.

Guided by logic that's not her own, Oresky is creating plant - like structures through a process that she considers herself a participant in rather than the authority leaving this act of making open - ended and vulnerable.

You say «you assume more than your authority permits to claim that this is a freedom or that is a freedom without justification.»

These memes and social media posts were then taken down, hours after the Committee's announcement, signaling that the public's reaction was more unfavorable than authorities predicted.

The results followed expected trends as respondents gave a clear indication that Indians are a lot savvier than the authorities representing them.

The goal here is for the network of miners and nodes to take responsibility for transferring the shift from state to state, rather than some authority such as PayPal or a bank.

There is a mechanism already in place in the US constitution which has for aim to temper the supposed «excess» or «irrational enthusiasm» of the people, but without resorting to any other ultimate authority than the authority of the people itself.

Underground labs in China are devising potent new opiates faster than authorities can respond

When children resist or test limits, they avoid confrontation in an effort to be perceived as good friends rather than authority figures.

International recognition speaks to the legitimacy of a state, rather than its authority.

Furthermore, it will be the scientists carrying out the experiments, rather than the authorities, who will decide how dangerous their experiments are,» said Wolfgang Lohr, spokesman for Genethisches Netz, a Berlin environmental group which advocates more stringent regulation of research in biotechnology.

But Morgan insisted it was her desire to see «talented» officers from councils set up multi-academy trusts, rather than the authorities themselves, confirming what schools commissioner Sir David Carter has said in the past.

«On the word of no one» highlighted the independent authority that empirical evidence bestowed on science; knowledge about the material universe should be based on appeals to experimental evidence rather than authority.

I confess that I use it more as counterpoint, than authority.