considerable authority

collocation in English

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considerable
adjective
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/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Why do administrators enjoyconsiderableauthorityin some policies while they are constrained in others?
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The voluntary system had given themconsiderableauthorityfor regulating the conditions of working life.
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The tradition of single party minority government gives the executiveconsiderableauthority, but in practice there have been strong traditions of consensus-building in policy-making.
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By establishing leadership and granting itconsiderableauthority, members create a position that can speak 'with one voice' for the national party.
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Political work of ' conscientisation ' and mobilisation is seen as rewarding in such a context, a fact that givesconsiderableauthorityto the political wing of such movements.
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Novak argues forcefully that municipal governments hadconsiderableauthority, grounded firmly in a widely accepted common law tradition, to impose regulations on private property and individual liberty.
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He speaks withconsiderableauthorityon this subject and his constituents are very much concerned with the industry.
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I know that in these matters he is aconsiderableauthorityand speaks with authority.
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I believe that it will lendconsiderableauthorityand credibility to government decisions to withhold records only where that is absolutely necessary.
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He spoke not only with great gusto but withconsiderableauthority.
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I recognise hisconsiderableauthoritywhen he speaks on these technical matters from the chemist's point of view.
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It will therefore be directly accountable to him and will have hisconsiderableauthority.
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He speaks withconsiderableauthorityand experience, not least in the questions that we are now deciding.
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He of course speaks withconsiderableauthority, having been chairman of the forestry commissioners for seven years.
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However, it is one that carriesconsiderableauthority.
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I have heard it said onconsiderableauthoritythat there is no large supply of dyes still in the country.
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In cases such as this there is noconsiderableauthoritynear that has an adequate supply.
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He is aconsiderableauthorityon the subject of legal reform and legal aid.
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As has been said with someconsiderableauthority, in due course we shall all be dead.
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There isconsiderableauthorityfor the view that coroners should never commit a man for trial unless the circumstances overwhelmingly warrant it.
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