The phrase "a potential authority" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone or something that may have the power or influence to make decisions or provide guidance in a particular context.
Example: "The researcher is considered a potential authority in the field of climate science due to her extensive publications and contributions."
Alternatives: "a possible expert" or "a likely source of guidance".
While critics point to the delay in naming those directors as a potential concern, authorities defend their position.
On Wednesday, Dudley presided over a meeting of federal policymakers, regulators and researchers at the New York Fed to discuss the difficulties they and the country face in trying to grasp a potential problem authorities can barely measure.
The picture of the F.B.I.'s investigation that emerges is one of a potential abuse of authority and conflict of interest, but also of a concept that would be quite familiar to Petraeus — mission creep.
Mr. Ceresney would probably follow Ms. White's lead and recuse himself from certain cases, an important ethical move but also a potential hindrance to his authority.
To avert potential conflicts, Ms. White has agreed to recuse herself for one year from most matters involving former clients, though this step presents a potential hindrance to her authority.
Some of the party's constituents believe Mr. Cuomo is intent on emasculating their coalition before he arrives in Albany, viewing it as a potential threat to his authority if he becomes governor.
His views were seen as a potential challenge to Tokugawa authority, and he was banished from the capital in the custody of the Lord of Akō and exiled to one of the remote corners of Japan.
The defeat comes as a potential blow to the authority of Mr Cameron, who had already watered down a government motion proposing military action, in response to Labour's demands for more evidence of President Assad's guilt.
The defeat of the government motion also comes as a potential blow to the authority of British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had already watered down his proposal in response to the opposition's objections, correspondents say.
Even though no other lay movement has won such rapid endorsement from the Vatican in recent history, the Charismatic Renewal has been seen by many bishops across the globe as a potential threat to episcopal authority.
