independent authority

collocation in English

meaningsofindependentandauthority

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independent
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofindependentandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As such, they delegate policy-setting powers to their own party leaders and give the executive less potential to wieldindependentauthorityover policy.
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Power is divided and shared among three branches of government, each with its ownindependentauthority, responsibilities, and bases of support.
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Executive structures do exercise a degree ofindependentauthority, at times questioning and sometimes succeeding in influencing top-level decision-making, both in the party and in government.
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Middling sort juries, who were capable of exploiting their position to exerciseindependentauthority in the criminal law, could also use it to stake a claim to political authority.
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What my theory has done is call attention to prior incentives of regime designers to tolerate - even prefer - presidencies withindependentauthorityin the first place.
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This has invariably been the result of setting up a centralindependentauthoritywhich can pass in review a number of cases brought before it.
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Is that the beginning of anindependentauthority?
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The present extent of operations and the growth is such that it would be much better done by anindependentauthority, and this we accept.
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But is it really convenient for the fire authority, which is anindependentauthority, to have to go to the local authority to find out?
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The certification officer is anindependentauthorityappointed under statute.
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He cannot cite anyindependentauthorityto support his view.
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I referred above to a "singleindependentauthority".
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In the meantime, anindependentauthorityof the highest integrity has found that there has been maladministration.
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At least two factors must be considered: the first is that a proper, skilled assessment of business plans must be conducted by anindependentauthority.
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I have no plans for anindependentauthorityto determine pipeline tariffs.
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The certification officer is anindependentauthorityappointed by statute.
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We have also been told, on what one might term reasonablyindependentauthority, what is going to happen to us in the near future.
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Therefore, if a passport is refused or taken away, there should be a right of recourse to an advisory committee or some otherindependentauthority.
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They have noindependentauthorityderived from any other source, such as a local electorate, which could put them in direct relationship with the public.
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