Sentence examples for authorities instead of from inspiring English sources

This is China's legal system today: the rule by law for the authorities instead of the rule of law for the people.

The three provoked a public outcry last month when they told judges they should be dealt with by the parliamentary authorities instead of the courts.

Almanzora, a property developer, is seeking €9 million, or about $12.7 million, in compensation from the Spanish authorities — instead of the €200,000 that it claims to have been offered.

"The escalating use of this data by law enforcement agencies highlights the risk that these databases are increasingly being used by authorities instead of tried and tested methods," he said.

Local authorities instead of central government will calculate council tax rebates to poorer households under plans that will also cut spending by 10%, saving £490m a year from 2013-4.

Government officials say they are simply not going to allow the university buildings, spread out all over Belgrade, to become centers for resistance to the authorities instead of an academy.

"What this site does is reaffirm that Franklin's text is the ultimate authority, instead of opening it up," Mr. Kelly said.

BEER AUTHORITY Instead of opening just after Thanksgiving as planned, Joe Donagher and his partners unlocked the doors last week, after bureaucratic tangles with the city.

The other members rarely undermine his authority: instead of knocking the songs off kilter with ad-libs or digressions, they pull together, marching in lock step behind the guy with the glorious, melancholy voice.

He said "the policy of the I.R.S. is to retaliate against people who challenge their authority instead of saying, 'Here's the law".' Mr. Simkanin, who has no prior arrest record, is being held because of threats an informant said he made to kill federal judges.

"If the Obama administration feels compelled to continue violating the privacy rights of the masses just so they can conduct surveillance on the few then he should at least ask Congress for laws providing that authority instead of using the courts to force businesses into secretly becoming complicit in crimes against the American people".