The phrase "authority was granted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where permission or power has been officially given to someone or a group.
Example: "After a thorough review, authority was granted to the committee to make decisions regarding the budget."
Alternatives: "permission was given" or "power was conferred".
Under the terms of its limited self-rule, the Palestinian Authority was granted control over internal security functions in the areas it controls, but no role in external defense.
That authority was granted to it in the 1930s in response to a situation much like that faced recently.
21 Each prefectural government further had the mergers and reorganizations targets split within subordinate governments (county and district), and the relevant administrative authority was granted to them.
In that two-year period, every Justice Department request to the FISA court for spying authority was granted -- a fact that would seem to bolster critics' argument that the secret court's process needs a permanent privacy advocate.
Authority was granted, but in the case of the Highland Railway only for a line as far as Portessie, with running rights over the Great North coast line between Buckie and Portsoy and the Great North obtaining reciprocal rights over the Highland railway between Elgin and Forres.
"The legislation requires that Asio notify the Igis as soon as practicable after the special intelligence operation authority is granted," Stone wrote.
The coming debate needs to be about how, and whether, the legal framework relates to technology; how authority is granted; who has access to material; and how scrutiny can be meaningful.
Appointed by his father to govern the eastern frontier of Bavaria, Carloman rebelled against his father in 861 and in 862 863; nevertheless, in 865 he was entrusted with a share in Louis's authority, being granted jurisdiction over Bavaria and Carinthia.
In a letter sent on Monday to Don Mueller, chairman of the Weld County Council, the three attorneys -- Robert Ruyle, Stow Witwer and Chuck Dickson -- say the Colorado Constitution gives citizens the authority to alter their form of government, but no such authority is granted to county commissioners.
That directive rests on legal authority our agency was granted by Congress through passing the Clean Air Act back in 1970.
