Sentence examples for authorised actions from inspiring English sources

The White House sent draft legislative wording to the House and Senate leaders on Saturday evening, which authorised actions designed only to neuter the threat of chemical weapons or to prevent their proliferation.

During the year, the authority considered the results of 10,916 disciplinary investigations, 18 per cent fewer than in 1992 and authorised action in about 10 per cent.

Last week Turkey's parliament also authorised military action against the jihadists in Iraq and Syria, but so far no action has been taken.

That authorised military action against Taiwan in the event of undefined "major incidents" entailing the island's independence from China.

On Thursday night, David Cameron failed to pass a motion that would have authorised military action against Syria in principle.

If Blair believes, as he says, that resolution 1441 authorised military action, why did so many others on the UN security council take a different view?

McCain called for US military intervention in Libya in February, weeks before the UN security council authorised military action to protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone.

He alleges that the campaigners' confidential discussions with their lawyers were "blatantly breached as a result of apparently authorised executive action".

The UN resolution, which Russia abstained from voting on, authorised military action in Libya to protect civilians from pro-Gaddafi forces.

Edinburgh is believed to be the first local authority in Scotland to consider such actions as an "authorised absence from school".

Significantly, MI6 did not deny involvement when the documents were discovered: instead, well-placed Whitehall sources insisted the agency's actions were part of "ministerially authorised government policy".