Example sentences of "[adv] by [art] authorities " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not , as some allege , food supplies were deliberately run down by the authorities , by autumn there was plausible reason enough to deploy troops to urban and rural areas to assist in food distribution and ‘ relieve bottlenecks ’ . |
| 2 | The crowd also demanded the removal of the two remaining statues of Stalin from central Ulan Bator , one of which was taken down by the authorities on Jan. 16 . |
| 3 | . Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers , and after that incident a few weeks ago , which was er certainly played down by the authorities , I wonder just how safe the Tunnel is . |
| 4 | This is equivalent to credit rationing because banks would like to continue lending the £40 billion ( or even more ) , but are being prevented from doing so by the authorities . |
| 5 | Irrigation was cut off by the authorities on Aug. 22 in the Andalucian Guadalquivir valley ( south-western Spain ) , and also in Castille-La Mancha at the beginning of October . |
| 6 | The campus was closed indefinitely by the authorities . |
| 7 | The two-fold test was not backed up by the authorities . |
| 8 | On May 28 four people were killed when a demonstration in Freetown by students in support of teachers ' demands was broken up by police after a police station had been stoned ; earlier a meeting attempting to establish an independent teachers ' union was also broken up by the authorities . |
| 9 | Gestures at anti-drug action are made periodically by the authorities . |
| 10 | THE man responsible for uncovering South Africa 's hit-squad scandal , the condemned security branch policeman Almond Nofomela , is being brought to court tomorrow by the authorities who are seemingly intent on hurrying him on to his postponed appointment with the hangman . |
| 11 | It was too expensive for most private individuals there to send telegrams ; the network was used almost exclusively by the authorities . |
| 12 | Following the ejection of Richard Baxter along with 2,000 or so of his fellow pastors in 1662 , these Nonconforming ministers were persecuted ruthlessly by the authorities . |
| 13 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 14 | The reality is that the popular committees are not being funded by anyone … rather they are responding to the lack of funding of the community services [ i.e. by the authorities ] by trying to organise their own . |
| 15 | It 's another race , the stakes are higher and this time you 're being watched more closely by the authorities . |
| 16 | Orwell 's socialism would reflect the democratic virtues characteristic of the English working class — ‘ the genuinely popular culture … that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . ’ |