Sentence examples for authority to agree from inspiring English sources

In 2002 the FCC agreed, and in 2005 the Supreme Court upheld its authority to agree.

In Portugal, the government is seeking a European bailout but seems not to have the authority to agree to one.

They argued that unless family members had power of attorney, they lacked the authority to agree to arbitration.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans on spending $228 million in federal, state and city funds for 730 new buses on the seven private lines but is waiting for the authority to agree to absorb the aging bus lines, which would relieve the city of its annual operating subsidy.

They called for the royal family to allow for an elected Parliament with legislative authority, to agree to term limits for members of the royal family in appointed posts, and to have someone outside the royal family be appointed prime minister.

The audit said the failures in the open tender process, conducted under the Abbott-Turnbull government, were of "most concern," finding the department allowed Transfield to negotiate a $1.1bn increase in the value of the contract without checking whether it had the authority to agree to that increase or whether other tenderers could best that price.

The commission wants the American authorities to agree to involve European audit regulators in any such inquiry.

For so many authorities to agree to such a radical shift in attitude reflects the seriousness of the issue.

In 1978, Dominique purchased two 13th-century Byzantine frescoes which had been stolen from Cyprus after getting the Cypriot authorities to agree to lend the pieces to her.

If, after going through all this, the company thinks that it has a winner, it still has to persuade the regulatory authorities to agree.

The inability of the opposition leaders and the authorities to agree on the terms for a protest permit also suggested that each side's resolve might be hardening.