Sentence examples for authority for the first from inspiring English sources

Now, in 2020, the regulators are preparing to use that authority for the first time.

The Romans brought Iberia under a single political authority for the first time but did not try to impose a single culture on the inhabitants.

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gave the F.D.A. authority for the first time to regulate tobacco products.

In Washington today, the Bush administration prepared to provide funds to the Palestinian Authority for the first time, in an effort to help Mr. Abbas.

The measure would give the drug agency the authority for the first time to seek federal criminal prosecutions against those possessing and distributing the drug, officials said.

In one of the key provisions, agencies were given authority for the first time to refuse either to confirm or to deny that certain records existed at all.

Having again announced his candidacy on December 1, Marwan Barghouti bows out of the race for president of the Palestinian Authority for the second time, throwing his support behind Mahmoud Abbas.

Google defended its £130 million settlement with British tax authorities for the first time in a letter to the Financial Times, arguing that it was complying with British law.

That was the case for William Carter, 67, of Blacklick, Ohio, who registered his homestead with his local tax authorities for the first time this year after living in his house for 11 years.

On Tuesday, the day after Mr. Jackson filed the forms, he notified the authorities for the first time about the threats against him, contacting the Bronx district attorney's office.

The shutdown of Heathrow airport, near London, also allowed authorities for the first time to inspect runways on foot in broad daylight instead of in the middle of the night.