Sentence examples for authorities off from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wicker lets the authorities off too easily, however, when he says that they "lacked the will and the vision to have prevented the slaughter".

Successful terror almost by definition catches authorities off guard.

It's nonsense, of course, but it gets the authorities off the hook.

Another sudden spike in unemployment could create a social explosion that could catch the authorities off guard.

The grip that prescription drugs and heroin exert on young people has caught the authorities off guard.

The idea is repugnant, even though terrorists may be just as likely to throw authorities off their scent by placing big bets in an attempt to spread disinformation.

Tuesday's action seemed to catch U.S. health authorities off-guard.

Femen protests often catch the law enforcement authorities off-guard, and can make officers seem silly, as they struggle to contain partially dressed women squiggling in their grasp.

Microsoft claims that "almost all" the patents in question were "granted by countries other than Korea," making Samsung's appeal to Korean authorities off-kilter to Microsoft.

In Atlantic Canada, considerable preparations were taken for Ophelia, primarily because of memories of Hurricane Juan of the 2003 season, which had caught the authorities off-guard.

If that is not enough to put a local authority off, then consider this.