In this way, they assert their role as spiritual descendants of the founder, giving themselves the authority to perform the ritual.

Orientation, form, detailing and materials were considered to allow this space to assert its role as the public centre of the building.

The Reagan years in foreign policy have also been marked by disregard for law and by fierce resistance to Congress when it asserted its role.

Riley and Granddad encourage him to go lay down the law and assert his role as man of the house, which he attempts to do.

We must assert our fundamental role in that legislative process.

Work on this has started, including audit powers for Eurostat, and the committee is impatient to assert its enhanced role to help.

Consequently, in this Year of Human Rights 1998, we must assert our democratically legitimate role as a guardian of these principles.

It is extremely important to assert Europe's role in this way.

Some States attempt to assert their traditional role of common carrier oversight onto this new technology.

During preseason, Frontiere drafted a position paper where she asserted her role as the team's boss.