The phrase "authority referred" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to reference a specific authority that has been mentioned or cited previously, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "In the report, the authority referred was the National Health Organization, which provided guidelines on public health."
Alternatives: "cited authority" or "mentioned authority".
But when reporters asked for copies of the images, the authority referred them to Apple, which did not respond to phone calls or e-mails.
Adam Lisberg, the chief spokesman for the transportation authority, referred inquiries to Mr. Lhota, saying, "That's not something that the M.T.A. can respond to".
In remarks in an open meeting at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld sharply criticized the Palestinian Authority, referred dismissively to disputed lands in the West Bank and Gaza as "the so-called occupied territories".
Surrey police and the police authority referred his conduct to the IPCC on 21 June this year and the police watchdog announced it would carry out an independent investigation.
Beyond this, residents here cannot comprehend why, after nearly 20 futile years, the Palestinian Authority (referred to in Gaza as hukoomit Ramallah – "the Ramallah government") is negotiating with Israel in the same manner as before.
On Thursday, in an announcement that the Vantone Industrial Co. of China had signed on as a tenant, the authority referred to the building as "One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower)." After The Daily Newsand The New York Post pounced — critically reporting the naming shift on their front pages on Friday — a debate erupted.
"The Palestinian position is that we've been engaged with Mitchell," said Ghaith al-Omari, a former negotiator with the Palestinian Authority, referring to Mr. Obama's Middle East envoy, George J. Mitchell.
"I would say it's probably going to be voted down," said David S. Mack, a vice chairman of the authority, referring to a resolution that will come before the board next week to curtail its own perks.
"They're contracting with local contractors, they're getting their dry cleaning done in Bayonne, they're going to Bayonne restaurants," said Nicholas A. Chiaravalloti, executive director of the redevelopment authority, referring to the production crews.
The remaining traffic officers have been assigned to the intersection of 73rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, with weekday shifts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. "We reduced the number of traffic agents because the works we are doing now are not blocking any streets," said Deirdre Parker, a spokeswoman for the transit authority, referring to a southbound lane of Broadway that was closed but has reopened.
Utilizing this concept, this paper proposes a ternary differentiated authority, referring to the structure of Chinese state authority in which party leadership authority occupies the center, surrounded by government administrative authority and then by functional bureaus professional authority.
