Example sentences of "[noun sg] of authority over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards . |
| 2 | His recital of the history of the archbishops ' exercise of authority over the whole of Britain over the centuries is punctuated by quotations from Gregory , proclaiming the claims of antiquity as a model for future conduct . |
| 3 | When in 1862 the general synod of the SEC removed the Scottish communion office from its primacy of authority over the English Book of Common Prayer he took the Episcopal bishops to court , appealing as far as the House of Lords ; he defended his case himself but lost the action in 1867 . |
| 4 | ( b ) The other person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is a member of the same household as the victim , the actor is related to the victim by blood or affinity to the fourth degree to the victim , or the actor is in a position of authority over the victim and used this authority to coerce the victim to submit . |
| 5 | ( b ) That other person is at least 13 but less than 16 years of age and the actor is a member of the same household as the victim , or is related by blood or affinity to the fourth degree to the victim , or is in a position of authority over the victim and the actor used this authority to coerce the victim to submit . |