Sentence examples for authorities a gift from inspiring English sources

From Beijing's perspective, Snowden was an asset of diminishing value: he had already given Chinese authorities a gift that will be paying dividends for years to come.

Just as the American authorities handed a gift to London in the 1960s, the Europeans are now helping to ensure the eventual triumph of financial centres in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Not only did he continue his game for about two more hours, but he also apparently did not list his membership at the course where he was playing as one of his assets nor report it to tax authorities as a gift, although the membership seemingly qualifies as both.

As a result, the war on terror lost moral authority and became a gift to al-Qaida propagandists.

They are not a gift that authorities can negotiate away to save money.

A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, the authorities said.

She has a gift for challenging authority without invoking its wrath.

Badri Nath, his wife and two sons have now moved to a new flat with running water, electricity and two bedrooms, a gift from the Delhi authorities.

She has a gift for cruelty, the authority that comes with spotting others' weaknesses.

In Manger Square, Mr. Obaiyat's body was laid out in front of a Checkers fast-food restaurant and beneath the clock that had been a gift to the Palestinian Authority from Greece to count down the days, hours and minutes until the third millennium.

Faith is a gift and the gift (and its authority) comes from God, even in the hands of the weakest of vessels.