Sentence examples for authorities equivalent to from inspiring English sources

There was also a 20-hour lay-over in a railway siding at Potsdam Station in Berlin, where those more susceptible to such theories claim Lenin was handed the equivalent of 40 million deutschmarks in gold by German authorities – equivalent to hundreds of millions of pounds today – which would fund the October Revolution that he would eventually lead.

The regulators said the joint sum was equivalent to a fine from each authority equivalent to 10% of Staley's "relevant annual income".

The kings set up "provincial counts" (Landgrafen) over whom the dukes would have no control and who would have rank and authority equivalent to those of dukes.

Under the provision of the amended by-laws, the chairman, elected for a one-year term, is empowered to act in all matters with authority equivalent to that of the president of the Regents.

The awards, the largest of their kind ever made by the European authorities and equivalent to about $1.35 billion each, are aimed at helping innovative industries in the European Union and nonmember countries like Switzerland.

The Master of the Horse had constitutional command authority (imperium) equivalent to a praetor, and often, when they authorized the appointment of a dictator, the senate specified who was to be the Master of the Horse.

In other words, it may be fairly said that a given withdrawal must have been expressly authorized by Congress, or there must be that clear implication of congressional authority which is equivalent to express authority; and when such authority is wanting there can be no Executive withdrawal of lands from the operation of an act of Congress which would otherwise control.

At the end of each year, companies like electric utilities or steel manufacturers must hand over to the national authorities the permits equivalent to the amount gases emitted.

The study is based on financial returns from 127 local authorities in England, equivalent to 85% of those councils who received a local welfare allocation.

Members voted for an increase in council tax of just under 3%, which the authority says is equivalent to £41.15 a year for a typical band D property.

Coakley opposed with a brief stating that, under military law, a persistent refusal to work by two or more men something that might be called a "strike" among civilians was sufficient proof of a conspiracy to override superior military authority and was equivalent to mutiny.