Sentence examples for authorities maintained from inspiring English sources

The authorities maintained a heavy police presence but did not interfere with the demonstrators, according to wire service reports.

The Italian authorities maintained that it had been illegally dug up and smuggled from an Etruscan tomb in Cerveteri, 20 miles northwest of Rome, in 1971.

But if the world's monetary authorities maintained control of their currency issuance, the private gold transactions market would remain modest, expanding only if global inflation took off.

But in its report, the Israeli authorities maintained that their use of white phosphorus munitions "was consistent with Israel's obligations under international law" and said the military advocate general found no grounds for any disciplinary measures over their use.

The authorities maintained, once again, that the majority of killings were carried out by drug dealers, but Amnesty International believes security forces were heavily implicated, and bemoans the lack of any proper investigation of what went on.

The artist, 67, said he did not owe as much in taxes as the Norwegian authorities maintained because he had refunded some of the money to collectors who had complained that some of his paintings had melted in the heat.

The Russian authorities maintain that the dispute is purely economic.

Chinese authorities maintain tight control over information and the circumstances surrounding such incidents are often murky.

Some authorities maintain that the sail was actually a hump used to store water and lipids.

Many authorities maintain that this scheme would take decades to unfold.

Local authorities maintain they have little alternative as they are forbidden from opening new schools themselves.