The phrase "authority as a source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the origin of information or legitimacy derived from a recognized authority in a particular field.
Example: "In academic writing, it is essential to cite authority as a source to support your arguments and claims."
Alternatives: "source of authority" or "authority as a reference".
This book presents an innovative interpretation of the bible that undermines its authority as a source of truth, and questions the traditional understanding of prophecy, miracles and the divine law.
The city hall spokesperson can take heart in seeing their quotes attributed to them by reporters who rely on their authority as a source and don't interject personal information into the story.
They found that students who reflected on constructing their own knowledge and documented their own reasoning in their observations and experiments achieved greater gains than did students who reported relying on authority as a source of knowledge, rarely mentioned inferences in their observations, and described experiments without much interpretation.
This information was presented to official authorities as a source of data to be analysed so that possible strategies could be developed to increase the promotion of renewable energy within the country.
The housing bubble was also fuelled by the "buy-to-let" phenomenon, as speculators bought up rundown former local authority housing as a source of income.
Google explained that it uses a number of signals to determine how results are ranked — which include both the relative authority of a source as well as the timeliness of the information.
In fact, Motril was not mentioned last week by the German authorities as a possible source for the E. coli bacteria, but "no consumer in Germany or elsewhere ever goes beyond worrying about whether the label reads Spain or not," Mr. Picazo said.
Less than 30% of the naturopaths used the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) (the Australian regulatory authority for therapeutic goods) website as a source of notification of adverse events.
Text at the bottom of the advice published by the UAE authorities named the Metropolitan police as a source.
16 Furthermore, a review of drug information for consumers and patients with a focus on the EU concluded that 'drug authorities' should see themselves more as a source of medicine information for patients.
All of them reject religions as a source of authority on personal morality.
