The phrase "authorities a reference to" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "authorities as a reference to"? If this is the case, you can use it when discussing the role or mention of authorities in a particular context or statement.
Example: "In the report, the author cites various authorities as a reference to support their claims about public health."
Alternatives: "authorities mentioned in" or "authorities referred to in".
Since assuming the anchor chair, from Walter Cronkite, Rather has been what Jim Murphy, the executive producer of the "CBS Evening News," calls a "voice of God"—a reference to the authority of the three network anchors, who together address nearly thirty million viewers nightly.
The rankings are widely known as "pig-killing lists"—a reference to the fate the authorities are thought to have in mind for those who appear on them.
Cruz, who claims he is the last candidate who can stop Donald Trump becoming the Republican nominee, urged Congress to exercise its "constitutional authority", a reference to Article 1, Section 8's empowerment of Congress to "make rules concerning captures on land and water".
Remember British school teacher Gillian Gibbons who was charged with insulting Islam in 2007 after she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad in a class project, which the authorities considered a reference to Islam's prophet?
On Tuesday, Colonel Pohl read a government statement that said an "original classification authority" — apparently a reference to the C.I.A. — was also monitoring for disclosures of classified information.
A common appeal to authority involves a reference to an applicable document.
Authorities view this as a reference to Adnani's speech in May to commit pro-Isis attacks against western citizens in their home countries.
Mr. Arafat condemned the attack again on Thursday, and said the Palestinian authorities had taken "concrete" action, a reference to the arrests.
"Now Schäuble has come and all Greeks are hostages," Mr. Glezos said in what appeared to be a reference to the authorities' security crackdown.
On Tuesday, Pohl had no public explanation of who the Button Men might be, though there was a reference to "original classifying authorities".
