With one exception, I have no formal authority over any of you.

The vice chairman's job does not carry much formal operational authority inside the company.

In February 1959, formal authority to begin construction was granted.

The leader may or may not have any formal authority.

Such persons have responsibilities for the project's success, but no formal authority over different teams involved.

Its formal authority ended with the end of apartheid in 1994.

In February 1959, formal authority for beginning construction was granted.

For the first time, the central bank will have formal authority to oversee the entire industry.

Although the fund has no formal authority, its reports are effective.

I have no formal authority to do police work.