Sentence examples for authorised to do from inspiring English sources

We're not authorised to do that.

Kerry had been authorised to do "everything he can to help facilitate a cessation of hostilities", said Obama.

In Goma, two South African peacekeepers were killed after their convoy came under fire.There is confusion over what the peacekeepers are authorised to do to stop further fighting.

He tried to suspend parliament, and to dissolve an opposing political party, neither of which is the president constitutionally authorised to do.

He said that although Cunningham was aware of Kennedy's role in the intelligence operation, the police had not fully explained what he had been authorised to do.

The committee said the lawsuits have revealed "an unsatisfactory degree of ambiguity" over what covert police agents were authorised to do when infiltrating protest groups.

Some PNs reported that they were not authorised to make counselling referrals; they did not complain about this.

Section 7 is entitled Authorisation of Acts outside the British Islands, and says: "If, apart from this section, a person would be liable in the United Kingdom for any act done outside the British Islands, he shall not be so liable if the act is one which is authorised to be done by virtue of an authorisation given by the secretary of state under this section".

Under the act, an individual would not be liable "if the act is one which is authorised to be done by virtue of an authorisation given by the secretary of state under this section".

Government lawyers are expected to argue that section 7 trumps all: that the words "he shall not be so liable if the act is one which is authorised to be done by virtue of an authorisation given by the secretary of state" cannot be bettered by any other piece of legislation.

Congress was thus acting in pursuit of the "general welfare", as the Constitution had authorised them to do.