The phrase "authority toward" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts discussing the direction or focus of authority, but it is better to clarify the relationship being described.
Example: "The manager's authority toward the team was evident in her decision-making process."
Alternatives: "authority over" or "authority regarding".
As the new prime minister, Mr. Netanyahu has tried to strike a more conciliatory tone, promising to hold negotiations with the Palestinian Authority toward a permanent accord.
Since then, almost all involved have come clean with their true identities and are now channeling their penchant for subverting authority toward educating the public about what they perceive to be the encroaching tyranny of centralized institutions.
" 'No, you can't have it because we say you can't have it,' and when you ask why, there is no 'why,' " said Bob Lawrence, development coordinator at the station and father of the AM radio campaign, characterizing what he says is the attitude of Ofcom, the British communications authority, toward its former archnemesis.
Public anger has mostly been directed at Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, an internationally respected economist who has been widely credited abroad with shepherding the authority toward sound fiscal policies and the building of the institutions needed for a future state.
The movie displays thoroughgoing skepticism toward authority, toward officialdom, toward those in power at all levels, from the local L.A.P.D. captain (Paul Gleason) to the F.B.I., whose takeover of the mission is greeted as sneeringly by McClane ("The feds?") as it would have been by Ronald Reagan himself.
This means shifting authority toward the business and improving local HR skills (more on this below).
And whose action do you imagine would be more damaging toward authority — and toward the word "respect," which UEFA promotes on every billboard and at every stadium?
A prompt response can save some patients from death and point health authorities toward others who may have been contaminated.
Another reason may be a more aggressive attitude by New York authorities toward the proper payment of sales and use taxes on art transactions.
"By resorting to force, this reflects the general attitude of state authorities toward the people getting in the way of their sports projects," said Christopher Gaffney, a professor of urbanism at Rio de Janeiro's Fluminense Federal University.
Some of the women's supporters said on Thursday that they hoped the temporary releases were a sign that international pressure had worked, pushing the Saudi authorities toward granting them full freedom, perhaps by sentencing them to time already served.
