The phrase "authority was left" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the delegation or absence of power or control in a situation.
Example: "After the restructuring, it was clear that authority was left in the hands of the junior staff, leading to confusion."
Alternatives: "power was relinquished" or "control was abandoned".
After consolidating its activities in docks at Tilbury, on the Thames estuary 26 miles (42 km) downstream of London, the Port of London Authority was left with a much-diminished share of the country's total port traffic.
"The Rights of Man, after all, had been defined as 'inalienable' because they were supposed to be independent of all governments," she writes in "Origins," "but it turned out that the moment human beings lacked their own government and had to fall back upon their minimum rights, no authority was left to protect them and no institution was willing to guarantee them".
But the transitional authority is left to come up with concrete interpretations of nebulous notions, such as "democratic development".
More than 900 pilgrims registered with the West Bank-based authority were left behind in Gaza last week, after 2,000 who had registered with the rival Hamas left via Egypt.
The authority is leaving the production of apps for non-Apple hand-held devices to private developers.
The authorities are left trying to soothe nerves.
Local authorities are left wondering what their future role in housing will be.
"The Anyuanding affair is so sinister and damaging, it appears that the public security authorities were left with little choice but to intervene and investigate," Mr. Xu said.
In July this year Mexican authorities were left embarrassed after Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison in Altiplano through a specially dug tunnel.
In each case, the authorities were left wondering whether they were facing organized activism or just the anger of people whose expectations have been disappointed.
The government does not insist that schools are monitored and local authorities are left to implement and interpret results and take action where needed.
