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Discover LudwigThe phrase "authority believed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing what a particular authority or figure has accepted or considered to be true.
Example: "The authority believed that the new policy would significantly improve public health outcomes."
Alternatives: "the officials thought" or "the experts asserted".
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After Wednesday's meeting, H. Dale Hemmerdinger, the authority's chairman, said that board members had been receiving free travel passes for decades and that the authority believed it had acted properly.
When he was a teenager in Australia, he opposed the execution of a man many in authority believed was innocent; he came to Britain in 1971 to avoid the military conscripting him.
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But the authority believes the city can accommodate both sites.
But, mostly, those people in authority believe in our laws.
Don't be led astray by the attribution "the authorities believed".
At first the authorities believed that the attack had been a suicide bombing.
Mr. Ahmadi said authorities believed the attacker had ties to the Taliban.
The U.S.O.C. spokesman Darryl Seibel said the organization, along with Chinese authorities, believed the attack was random.
He said the authorities believed that at least 282 more people still lay buried in landslides.
British television reported early today that the authorities believed the men were illegal immigrants.
The Scottish health secretary, Nicola Sturgeon, said that authorities believed the virus was still being contained.
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