Sentence examples for authorities spoke from inspiring English sources

A young man in the back of the courtroom, ignoring warnings by authorities, spoke out on Morgan's behalf.

After Hurricane Katrina leveled much of New Orleans, many authorities spoke about the folly of building at or below sea level.

President Hugo Chávez's government has frequently clashed with the Catholic Church, which has been seen as allied with the opposition, but on Friday the authorities spoke only warmly of the pope.

Earlier this year, authorities spoke to at least one woman who had been linked to Clemens in newspaper reports in an effort to see whether she could tie Clemens to the use of banned substances.

An Aboriginal man who sits on the board of one of SA's Indigenous regional authorities spoke to Guardian Australia on condition of anonymity because he did want to jeopardise negotiations.

After years of silence, the authorities spoke out about the crisis.

LONDON — In South Korea, the authorities speak of subjecting top players to lie detectors to prevent match fixing.

The unnamed authorities speak a double-talk equally redolent of today's euphemisms and those of "Catch-22".

And, most scandalously, this Messiah went willingly to be killed by the Roman authorities, speaking of himself as the sacrifice, the world's sacrificial lamb.

When everyone is guilty of something, those most harshly prosecuted tend to be the ones that are challenging the established order, poking fun at the authorities, speaking truth to power — in other words, the gadflies of our society.

Refugee groups say most asylum-seekers apply late for a variety of reasons: they are often afraid of the authorities, speak little English or may have been smuggled in by criminal gangs.