The phrase "authority is likely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the probability or expectation of an authority figure's actions or decisions in a given context.
Example: "Given the current circumstances, authority is likely to impose stricter regulations on the industry."
Alternatives: "authority is expected" or "authority is probable."
Any effort to reform the transportation authority is likely to be met with skepticism.
But if Mr Trimble does survive as first minister, his authority is likely to be weakened.
A meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, is likely to follow soon after.
Increasingly, it appears Syria is so badly shattered that no single authority is likely to be able to pull it back together any time soon.
Armed with Mr Netanyahu's repudiation of the two-state solution, the Palestinian Authority is likely to redouble its effort to isolate Israel diplomatically in international forums.
Thus the only viable solution for the transient Iraqi authority is likely to be a collective of three leaders -- one Sunni, one Shiite and one Kurd.
TEL AVIV — Talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are likely to resume soon, it was announced Friday, after three years of stalemate.
Goldman Sachs on Friday said at least 50 of the 91 European banks tested previously by the banking authority were likely to fail the revised stress tests, and would need to raise as much as 298 billion euros if the capital requirement were raised to as high as 9 percent.
The creation of one county-wide local authority was "likely to be the most straightforward to implement".
Because global institutions operate in the context of a lack of overarching and centralized political power, the form and grounds of authority are likely often to be distinct.
But a spokesman said the authority was likely to "crack on" with the planned pay rise after the 2015 general election.
