Diana looked and spoke with a certain authority: she had a will, evidently.

Sometimes, a ceremony may only be performed by a person with certain authority.

What people believe comes from placing faith in a certain authority.

When he spoke there was a certain authority in his whine.

The designer, who is 25, presents them with a certain authority.

He would rather give up certain intrinsic authority than lose any part of the glory.

The three new men who came in had a certain animal power about them, and a certain human authority.

For now at least, he has a certain moral authority because of his life story, which makes him harder to dismiss.

I could become a legal custodian which again takes six months and might with certain local authorities offer more of a chance.

"The standard contract gives them a certain authority over you and your actions."