Example sentences of "by [art] authorities " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plight of some 600 detainees acknowledged by the authorities was also giving cause for concern . |
| 2 | We appeal , therefore , to public opinion , and trade unionists in particular , to denounce these repressive measures , condemn the violations of democratic and trade union rights by the authorities and demand the immediate release of all detainees and a halt to mass dismissals and arrest without trial . |
| 3 | There was a hint of panic in the air yesterday , as though the markets suddenly realised that the grapeshot fired by the authorities last week might be heading in their direction . |
| 4 | He says evidence is systematically suppressed by the authorities . |
| 5 | According to the Tass news agency , 37 trains got through over the weekend , partly as a result of ‘ serious measures ’ by the authorities . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , contradictory reactions by the authorities in various parts of East Germany continued , reinforcing the suspicion among experts in Bonn that the party leadership 's authority is crumbling and it no longer has a firm grip on the situation . |
| 7 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 8 | Amid much rumour and mystery , the consequence of a complete news black-out by the authorities on the circumstances of the pending releases , it was not possible to obtain independent confirmation of the report . |
| 9 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 10 | It was too expensive for most private individuals there to send telegrams ; the network was used almost exclusively by the authorities . |
| 11 | Nor was it made by the authorities — except , apparently , in times of political and social crisis , the eruption of class hatred , religious and political persecution . |
| 12 | Although he still speaks bitterly of the pressure put on him by the authorities , in fact they never succeeded in obliging him to send the children to school ; he was not even fined as he would have been in Britain . |
| 13 | If this outline deal is approved by the authorities , it may put into question British Aerospace 's abrupt decision to pull out of its Ferranti offer — or at least seek to renegotiate the deal . |
| 14 | If this outline deal is approved by the authorities , it may put into question British Aerospace 's abrupt decision to pull out of its Ferranti offer — or at least seek to renegotiate the deal . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So it came as something of a shock to Labour 's Brian Wilson when he found that a Commons motion he had tabled had been … well , subbed a bit by the authorities of the House . |
| 17 | He accused the Romanian authorities of behaving brutally and demanded the immediate release of Pastor Laszlo Tokes , the ethnic Hungarian clergyman whose harassment by the authorities |
| 18 | The point is that two guards were sacrificed by the authorities in order to achieve this control situation . |
| 19 | Since here return in 1985 , Bravo have become Very Big in Soviet pop fully recognised by the authorities despite their criminal past . |
| 20 | Goddess knew what would happen to hir if SHe was taken by the authorities . |
| 21 | Policemen themselves recognized loyalties and interests outside the force , outside those defined as legitimate by the authorities . |
| 22 | The area had effectively been abandoned by the authorities , a fact which became clear during the riot itself , when police waited five hours to enter the estate and put down the disturbances . |
| 23 | The latest investigations also relate to incidents in 1988 when Mrs Mandela had returned to Soweto after years of banishment by the authorities to a remote town in the Orange Free State and had surrounded herself with a bodyguard of ‘ football club ’ thugs . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At best Gordievsky was tolerated by the authorities but still regarded as a traitor and untrustworthy . |
| 26 | When I visited the area in 1981 I was regaled with fishermen 's stories of discoloured fish with scabs and other unusual deformities , of boxes of fish removed from the quayside for testing by the authorities , of radiation in seagulls ' eggs , of friends from the same school who had later died unexpectedly of cancer . |
| 27 | Some people even argued that the inquiry system was now seen by the authorities as a way of diverting public opposition away from other channels of protest . |
| 28 | Crudely put , authority and leadership began to move from traditional leaders , be they the old pro Jordanian élite or the post-1976 pro-PLO mayors ( most of whom had been eliminated by the authorities ) , into new but less visible hands . |
| 29 | The Muslim Brotherhood was less concerned with the liberation of Palestine than with the establishment of an Islamic state by peaceful means , possibly as a part of Jordan where its activities were tolerated by the authorities . |
| 30 | Apart from the continued seizure of cultivable land by the authorities , the main problems faced by farmers were the severe limitations on water use , unfavourable marketing conditions , production quotas , restrictions on the planting of fruit trees , and poor access to credit facilities . |