The phrase "authorities may be able" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the potential capabilities or actions of authorities in a given situation.
Example: "In cases of emergency, authorities may be able to respond quickly and effectively to ensure public safety."
Alternatives: "authorities might have the ability" or "authorities could potentially".
With that discovery, authorities may be able to link the two attacks, and that could provide the first concrete evidence that the Kenya attacks were carried out by Osama bin Laden's network.
The Kenyan authorities may be able to apprehend him, but plenty of jihadist volunteers have used the porous Kenya-Somali border to slip through the net and join al-Shabab.
And authorities may be able to obtain the evidence they need to prosecute the Kodo-kai from the rebel factions.
If you need money to make alterations to your property because you are less mobile, you may be able to get financial assistance – your local authority may be able to point you in the right direction.
Someone in a position of authority may be able to advise you or intervene for you, like Saidani-Scott now sometimes does.
"With regard to that, the UK national security adviser is in Paris today for discussions with French authorities on what further assistance we may be able to provide to them".
If those documents do not give the board the authority to impose such a fee, it may be able to amend the bylaws to provide the necessary authority.
Politicians may be able to debate an authority's media protocols; they could decide to defy the DCLG code.
"If someone has leadership responsibility in volunteer groups, for example, they may be able to influence without authority.
Like its peers, the German bank may be able to haggle with United States authorities.
Graham may be able to help explain a cryptic notation on a calendar that federal authorities found at the Balco lab in a file bearing Jones's name.
