It is possible that higher authorities told the court to do so.

Be persistent if local authorities tell you that they can't take a report.

The authorities told him to get evidence, like a photograph.

"The authorities told me it should be seen by every child."

The authorities here told us, but I would rather hear it from you.

But the authority then told the firm not to finish its report.

After dark, the local authorities came and told us that we could not camp there.

The authorities told him that two women gave birth at the fence last week.

The authority has already told the hospital's management to take no action.

She said they did not learn that the house had been struck by a plane until later, when the authorities told them.