The phrase "authority are missing" is not correct in written English.
It should be "authorities are missing" or "authority is missing" depending on the intended meaning.
Example: "In the report, it was noted that the necessary authorities are missing from the investigation."
Alternatives: "authorities are absent" or "authority is lacking."
In effect, the movie's subject is precisely this — the absence of authority where it's needed — and the movie's answer of where to apply authority aligns with China's: keep close controls on the Internet, because wherever authority is missing criminals (define them as you may — including the way China does, as opponents of the dictatorship) will move in.
Despite these immensely important properties, soil crusts are neither well understood nor well appreciated by conservation and regulation authorities who are missing opportunities for improved policies and actions in the area of land protection.
A group of about 50 relatives of the passengers travelled to the site to demand information from the authorities.MORE than 400 people are missing and feared dead.
A total of 396 registered sex offenders – who are supposed to be monitored by police and inform authorities if they change address – are missing across the UK, with some out of contact with police for more than a decade, according to freedom of information responses to the Press Association.
At least six local journalists are missing, and Libyan authorities are still holding four Al Jazeera journalists.
Authorities seek to show that they are missing out on key evidence because of strong encryption and new privacy features.
National probability studies provide authorities with reliable estimates of service needs that are missing in mental health planning.
The authorities have told the families to be patient, that many people are missing.
Authorities stressed that the long roster does not mean they believe all those people are missing.
Yet the Palestinian Authority has been missing in action, preferring to layer one condition after another on reviving talks, while sending mixed messages about its own commitment to peace with Israel.
