Sentence examples for authorities to step from inspiring English sources

But the fear of terrorism prompted local authorities to step up security for days.

MSF has criticised the glaring lack of security and urged the authorities to step up their efforts.

Soaring prices have prompted authorities to step in and curb the excesses of the mooncake trade in recent years.

This echoes assessments from many other economists, many of whom expect the Chinese authorities to step up measures to contain bank lending, including nudging up interest rates again later this year.

Rat shit in the baby pool, rats swimming in the outdoor pools, and birds defecating in the canteen were reason enough for the local health authorities to step in, according to Der Tagesspiegel.

South African diplomats have asked Zimbabwean authorities to step up protection for businesses, many of them South African-owned, that have become the latest target forby ruling -party militants angered by the effects of the country's economic crisis.

Under the measure, which the Senate approved as an amendment to the annual military authorization bill, Washington would have the authority to step in and prosecute hate crimes when local or state governments failed to do so.

If they do not, state commissioners have the authority to step in and correct the breach.

The measure would give the Treasury secretary authority to step in if such "systemically important" institutions were on the verge of failure.

In a 2005 energy law, Congress gave the Energy Department the authority to step in to approve transmission if states refused to act.

Much focus in Washington has been on expanding the government's authority to step in when a financial institution is near bankruptcy, and to fix the problem before the institution creates a systemic risk.