Sentence examples for authorities a small from inspiring English sources

Mr. Philippe had not yet been sworn into the Senate, which gave authorities a small window to apprehend him before he would have immunity from prosecution.

Earlier in the afternoon, before the announcement by electoral authorities, a small group of Chávez backers briefly opened fire on the offices of Mayor Alfredo Peña, a strident Chávez foe.

A company with that name is registered with New York authorities at a small office building elsewhere in the region.

He said the pilot told the authorities that a small, unmanned aircraft flew within 200 feet of the jet as it was preparing to land.

Mr. Nasobin is embroiled in a struggle with local authorities in a small town near Ryazan in central Russia over a ceramics factory he has leased.

The British authorities found a small quantity of the deadly toxin ricin during an antiterrorist sweep in London over the weekend.

For some communities and government authorities, even a small increase in interest rates — costs usually measured in hundredths of a percentage point, or basis points — can hurt.

A quarter of Italy's museums belong to the Italian state, just under half to local authorities, and a small proportion to public bodies, religious organizations, and private owners.

Local pig dealers have proposed that local authorities pay a small fee to farmers to recover dead pigs and help curb the illegal trade, suggesting 10 renminbi, the report said.

Over the weekend, authorities raided a small apartment building in Jersey City to search an apartment rented by two men who were detained in Texas on Wednesday, on possible immigration violations.

Other former prime ministers stand accused of manipulating the sale of state assets for their benefit.On New Year's Eve last year, Murat Demirel, the one-time owner of Egebank and a nephew of a former president, Suleyman Demirel, was picked up by the Bulgarian authorities from a small fishing boat that was trying to land on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.