The phrase "authorities collected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the actions taken by officials or governing bodies to gather information or data.
Example: "The authorities collected evidence from the crime scene to aid in the investigation."
Alternatives: "officials gathered" or "regulators assembled".
The authorities collected the frozen bodies of at least two dozen people, mostly homeless men, from the streets of Moscow and other cities.
Under the rules, the lead level would be judged unacceptable if ten per cent of samples the water authorities collected show more than fifteen parts per billion.
Villagers say the authorities collected water samples immediately after the episode, and foreign experts say test results should have been known within days.
In one city in Hunan Province, the authorities collected $1.8 million in fines between July and September, according to government figures.
Deploying undercover police officers as buyers and using wiretaps and phone-tracking devices, the authorities collected and assembled evidence for more than a year.
Two weeks later, after protests from the West, the Chinese authorities collected $2,400 of a $24,000 fine and deported him back to the United States, where he has permanent residence status although he is a Chinese citizen.
Regional rates Not all English health authorities collect information on Ritalin prescriptions.
Including the authorities collecting cartons via recycling banks, 40% of all authorities are now sending them to the recycling facility.
This, he says, is why local authorities collect differently depending on their needs, traffic problems and so on.
But we need to assess this situation in the knowledge of what we now know about the way the authorities collect and fiercely guard their secrets.
The deal tentatively reached Tuesday would let the authorities collect DNA from all convicted felons, a move the Assembly had already supported in its own legislation.
