Sentence examples for authority claimed that from inspiring English sources

The transport authority claimed that "fairness" in relation to other taxi companies, as well as safety, was a major driving force in suing the company and issuing the cease and desist order.

A report commissioned by the Belgian data protection authority claimed that Facebook used long-term cookies to track users, as well as non-users of Facebook, when browsing the open web, using its social plugins such as the Like button, which is placed on 13m sites, including health and government sites.

A competent authority claimed that the contractor had already been paid in full and there was no need for further reward.

In June 2009 the Old Town and the present-day town centre were added to English Heritage's Conservation Areas at Risk Register, although the local authority claimed that this was owing to a misunderstanding of its responses to English Heritage's questionnaire.

The power authority claims that 95percentt of the grid is back online, but people living within this community have not had electricity for almost a year.

Last summer, the Federal Government seized control of the city's housing authority, claiming that scores of public-housing residents lived in deplorable conditions.

The authority claims that oversized bins used by shops, restaurants and pubs create an obstruction and lead to litter spilling out over streets and pavements.

Louisville's airport authority claims that since 1993 more than 150 firms have moved to Louisville to be near the UPS hub.Others are health-care outfits, such as the National Eye Bank Centre, based near Memphis, which stores corneas for ocular surgery.

Although the concept of "utopia" is presented differently in these two novels, the place operates in the same way; both places function through a faceless controlling bureaucratic authority, claiming that the welfare of the inhabitants is its driving force.

San Diego Coastkeeper is suing the water authority, claiming that its long-term supply plan violates the California Environmental Quality Act.

However, the contract was stalled when CAF filed suit against the transit authority, claiming that their selection of AnsladoBreda was due to the fact that the builder was willing to open a local factory in Miami-Dade County to assemble the vehicles.