After what happened here on April 15, 1989, the authorities were going to make sure there was no repetition.

When a regime's authority goes it is hard to recover.

About 90 minutes after the fire broke out, the authorities went into the house, when they felt it was safe to do so.

The French authorities were eventually going to be looking for the two of them whether they liked it or not.

The authorities had gone to the mansion to interview the Senator and his son.

The authorities went out of their way to say that the case was about much more than a technical accounting issue.

Responsibility and authority must go together if anything is to get done.

"And authority to go through with it in my own way?"

My authority went out to tender to test prices long before the House thought about it.

At present the authorities have not gone so far as this.