Sentence examples for authorities are understood from inspiring English sources

Several authorities are understood to have already adopted the guidelines.

Four of the hostages were killed and authorities are understood to still be searching for Boumeddiene, who is believed to be in Syria.

Prison authorities are understood to have undertaken an extensive search of Daynes' cell at the time the first letter was posted.

Its crisis unit is in contact with Lo Porto's family but the authorities are understood to want to maintain as much discretion as possible surrounding the case due to its "very delicate" nature.

The Lithuanian authorities are understood to be keen for matters with Ukio Bankas to be settled soon.

The 400-gigabyte cache of data leaked to the authorities is understood to be the same information seen by the Guardian in its Offshore Secrets series in November 2012 and March this year.

An additional question is whether legitimate political authority is understood to entail political obligations or not.

Real fascism is Nazi Germany's "leader principle" - which dictated absolute obedience to the Führer, whose authority was understood to be above the law.

According to the men's still-secret plea deal with the American authorities, they are understood to have negotiated jail terms of around two years or less, which they will be allowed to serve in Britain provided the sentence imposed by the English courts is at least as long.

Another way in which the relation between legitimacy and the creation of authority may be understood is that the attempt to rule without legitimacy is an attempt to exercise power not authority.

To make sense of this interpretation of legitimacy, authority must be understood as a distinct concept.