Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] authority " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Minister release MOD votes to allow local authorities , in collaboration with the MOD , to bring empty housing owned by the local authorities and the MOD up to acceptable standards and then transfer it to local authority control for the express purpose of providing homes to ex-service personnel ? |
| 2 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 3 | I have it on good authority from the owner 's husband that Homme d'Affaire will take a lot of beating if the going comes up soft for the Waterloo Handicap Hurdle . |
| 4 | I have it on good authority that I 'm likely to live . |
| 5 | Of course , America is a different story , and I have it on good authority that Harmonys still abound there . |
| 6 | I have it on good authority that Fat Sam 's pleasure is coarsing . |
| 7 | I have it on good authority from a cousin in Stockport , who has a drinking buddy who knows the car park attendant at Altrincham , that my name has already been linked with a managerial post at both Rotherham and Manchester United . |
| 8 | Furthermore , I have it on good authority that the same arkie has been invited to attend the South of England Rally this year . |
| 9 | ‘ I have it on good authority that your father is seriously considering selling , ’ he said calmly . |
| 10 | ‘ I have it on good authority that there is a waiting list of up to 50 weeks despite what the health authority says . |
| 11 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |
| 12 | I have it on good authority that someone living at Hempnall became very enamoured of a stray mink she found outside her house . |
| 13 | I have it on unimpeachable authority that his abiding interest is the human voice — whether the one we hear when we speak , or the one that informs and sustains us whatever we read . |