Sentence examples for authorities encountered from inspiring English sources

The first came late last fall, Mr. Williams said, when the immigration authorities encountered a smuggling case that provided investigative leads concerning the larger smuggling network.

Yet in the 1890s, when a vaccine was widely administered in the United States during an outbreak of a mild strain, public health authorities encountered extensive resistance, spurring them to militarize immunization efforts, and even to vaccinate citizens by force.

Concepts of legitimacy and institutional work are used to drive an interpretation of the difficulties the public authorities encountered when trying to impose Generalised Environmental Labelling (GEL).

"We know it comes from the movie, and let's say it represents resistance against the authorities," Weerachon said, noting that if authorities encounter the salute they will first ask protesters to stop.

This occurrence is not uncommon: With depressing regularity, local authorities encounter situations every year where next of kin are unwilling or unable to pay for burial services, or simply can't be reached.

KABUL, Afghanistan — One of the centerpieces of the hand-over of American control to Afghan authority encountered a last-minute unexpected obstacle on Sunday when the United States paused the transfer of the final couple of dozen Afghan detainees at the Parwan detention facility.

In addition, only 1.4% of all vessels visited more than once every year during the 9-year span, indicating that the port authority encounters many new vessels each year.

The authorities we encountered on our trip were generally indifferent, and on occasion hostile, toward the mothers.

You have nothing to hide.' " He advised Mr. Fazel to greet law enforcement officers cheerfully and "lay it all out," as well as to ask for and photocopy the business cards of the authorities he encountered.

The authority has encountered rogue underground operators in the past, from the era of graffiti-choked train cars to signs promoting a "Metropolitan Etiquette Authority" in 2010.

Arab citizens of Israel are married through either Christian or Islamic authorities, and encounter problems if they wish to marry outside their faith.