The phrase "authorities were asked to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a request made to officials or governing bodies to take action or provide information.
Example: "In light of the recent events, authorities were asked to investigate the matter thoroughly."
Alternatives: "officials were requested to" or "the government was urged to".
Local health authorities were asked to scan all travelers arriving from Sudan for fevers.
The Danish authorities were asked to change their registration procedures by the European commission in July last year.
But when the authorities were asked to investigate the beatings, Alonna said, the children refused to speak out against Azzad, so that was that.
It was not the first time, she said, that a suspect had vanished after the Belgrade authorities were asked to make an arrest.
The health authorities were asked to identify workshop facilitators that could be contracted to support practice organisational development.
If an on-site outbreak investigation was performed, local authorities were asked to send their outbreak report to the investigation team.
The public authorities are asked to work jointly with the automotive industry to address this drawback.
And when these authorities are asked to explain the Trump movement, they always seem to zero in on one main accusation: bigotry.
Legal authorities are asked to take prompt precautions, which can include property seizures or freezing of assets if the enterprises taken to court are facing temporary financial strains.
In one powerful scene from the second episode, which was written and directed by Ramos-Chapman, a woman attempting to report a sexual assault to the authorities is asked to "turn in her pussy" by a burnt-out police officer played by Whoopi Goldberg.
All doctors, dentists, pathologists, and local health authorities are asked to send notifications about all types of newly diagnosed cancer to their respective regional cancer centre where they are collected.
