The phrase "authorities were allowed to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing permissions granted to authorities in various contexts, such as legal, governmental, or organizational situations.
Example: "The authorities were allowed to conduct an investigation into the matter after receiving the necessary approvals."
Alternatives: "authorities were permitted to" or "authorities were granted the right to".
Georgian authorities said that ethnic violence could follow if Ossetian authorities were allowed to take charge.
Georgian authorities said Sunday that ethnic violence could follow if Ossetian authorities were allowed to take charge.
Virginia authorities were allowed to proceed first and given custody, but the other jurisdictions held their cases in reserve.
In 2011, local authorities were allowed to place homeless people in the private rented sector – often HMOs – rather than council accommodation.
He added that authorities were allowed to use information obtained through the monitoring only to forestall future acts of terrorism, not for prosecution.
The authorities were allowed to make use of the apparatus of security and surveillance, and the proliferation of "prevention of terrorism" laws set up under the New Labour governments of 1997 2010, to combat any sign of dissent.
Back in 1923 the conductor Thomas Beecham warned that orchestras would play to empty houses "if the wireless authorities are allowed to continue their devilish work".
If, for example, political authorities are allowed to pressure banking regulators into bailing out banks that should be allowed to fail, then regulation will lack credibility and market discipline won't work.
This needn't have been the case: had local authorities been allowed to replace the housing lost through the right to buy there wouldn't have been the need to restrict social housing availability to the poorest and most needy.
Pauley argued that al-Qaida's "bold jujitsu" strategy to marry seventh century ideology with 21st century technology made it imperative that government authorities be allowed to push privacy boundaries.
If the authorities are allowed to use counter-terrorist powers in this way the chilling effect on freedom of expression both in the UK and around the world is substantial.
