1.   But analytically, a political system could exist at any level, even one that does not have ultimate authority.

2.   I am sure that the Minister will not be the ultimate authority on these matters.

3.   In this case the identity of the ultimate authority remains assured.

4.   Local defiance of central government policies and rejection of its ultimate authority overturned traditional conventions of central-local relations.

5.   President Nelson Mandela reportedly has ultimate authority over the remaining operational and research details of the program.

6.   The very fact of multiple claims to ultimate authority has had the effect of undermining all of them.

7.   There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around.

8.   Of course, the ultimate authority remained the presidency.

9.   The constant factor in all these matters is the ultimate authority of the Law Society in the regulation of the profession.

10.   Who now would dare to say that Standard English has any ultimate authority?