The phrase "authorities are shown" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how authorities or officials are depicted or represented in a particular context, such as in a report, study, or narrative.
Example: "In the documentary, authorities are shown making critical decisions during the crisis."
Alternatives: "authorities are depicted" or "authorities are represented".
The British and French authorities are shown not just failing to help, but turning their backs on a humanitarian catastrophe.
In the opening scenes, Romanian authorities are shown to be frantically engaged in shutting down a brothel, whose presence they believe would embarrass local high society at a time when a grand ball is set to take place.
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"Cooperation has been extremely good, and the Pakistani authorities are showing much aggressiveness as we proceed," she said on Friday.
Scottish local authorities are showing a healthy appetite for change, partly facilitated by the evidence of the alternative witnessed on the other side of the border.
In the aftermath of the lost war over Kosovo and new efforts by the opposition -- and Washington -- to oust Mr. Milosevic, his authorities are showing that harsher face.
She said: "I am so pleased that this investigation is now moving forward and that the Greek authorities are showing a true commitment to investigate Ben's disappearance.
Commentary by Dorota Jarecka on Gazeta Wyborcza website: By handing down a two-year sentence the authorities are showing their power.
In a statement, she said: "I am so pleased that this investigation is now moving forward and that the Greek authorities are showing a true commitment to investigate Ben's disappearance.
It was not clear how far in advance, if at all, the authorities were shown the final episode.
Journalists taken to the prison later by Serbian authorities were shown bodies on the sports field and piled up in the prison.
