The phrase "authorities singled out" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where specific authorities are identified or targeted for attention or action.
Example: "In the report, the authorities singled out several key individuals for their roles in the incident."
Alternatives: "authorities identified" or "authorities targeted".
The authorities singled out the NPD as a target after a spate of attacks on disabled people and immigrants.
The authorities singled out two people they said were major players in the trafficking scheme, Young Joon Yang, 37, and Sung Yong Kim, 39, each charged with two counts of sex trafficking, along with other charges including fraud and coercion.
Much as the Serbian authorities singled out educated Albanians before and during the NATO air campaign, now Albanians are singling out the dwindling number of educated Serbs in an effort to expel all Serbs from the province, Mr. Kouchner said.
In their document today, the British and German supervisory authorities singled out the marked differences in both the legal and practical approaches to disclosure on the London and Frankfurt exchanges, which mean, for instance, that start-ups in Germany face different listing requirements on the Neue Markt there than on the Alternative Investment Market in Britain.
"Clearly, the Syrian authorities are singled out in a number of instances," he added.
CAIRO — Libyan authorities have singled out Ahmed Abu Khattala, a leader of the Benghazi-based Islamist group Ansar al-Shariah, as a commander in the attack that killed the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, last month, Libyans involved in the investigation said Wednesday.
In particular, the Chinese authorities have singled out the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement ETIMM) for orchestrating attacks.
Several rose authorities have singled out 'Touch of Class' as this year's best All-America Rose Selection, and some suggested that it may be among the best roses of the decade.
The Malaysian authorities have not singled out the pilots or crew members as the only potential suspects.
"Families who came to the United States to realize the American dream, who chose to abide by the law and to cooperate with the immigration authorities, have been singled out on the basis of their ethnicity and religion," said Emira Habiby Browne, executive director of the Brooklyn center.
Mr. Pu and other volunteers said the authorities might have singled out Mr. Huang because he disseminated information about parents whose children had died in collapsed schools — a group whose protests began to snowball into something like a movement in early June.
