Sentence examples for authorities lost from inspiring English sources

They said the authorities lost contact with the troops on Tuesday after fighting broke out.

The House of Commons authorities lost an appeal to the information tribunal to keep the breakdown secret.

The couple took a ferry to Finland, where authorities lost track of them as they contacted the Soviet Embassy and got help to flee.

Zhang Lifan, a well-known historian, predicted that controls, while effective in the short term, risked backfiring as authorities lost touch with public opinion.

But as the years and decades passed, the authorities lost interest in Mr. Scharf and the tax case against him -- until now.

On the way he got hassled by the authorities, lost his luggage, and ended up stranded on a malarial coast, where he succumbed to fever.

Labour saw sweeping losses across the 27 shire councils and seven unitary authorities, losing a net of 268 council seats.

Education is big business and getting bigger as local authorities lose their role under the government's academy programme, leaving head-teachers seeking help from the private sector.

Those consequences were evident in the fate of his mother, Ingeborg, a teacher who had clashed with the former Communist authorities, losing her job.

When national WM top-down policies, in addition to setting goals, also dictate the methods by which they are to be achieved, local authorities lose their freedom to optimize their operational WM schemes according to their specific characteristics.

"Some of the possibilities outlined are very radical indeed and could see local authorities lose any say over the delivery of education," he said.