Sentence examples for authorizes as much from inspiring English sources

To cite just one example, Oklahoma's statute authorizes as much as one year in prison and a $500 fine for anyone convicted of blasphemy.

The Obama administration, which has ruled out deploying American troops in Libya, announced Wednesday that it would authorize as much as $25 million in military surplus supplies, though not weapons, to the Libyan opposition forces.

Republican leaders contend that Democrats well understood that while the law authorized as much as $80 billion in additional spending on Title I high-poverty schools alone by 2007, that did not mean the full amount would be appropriated.

"We are authorizing as much travel as we possibly can within the constraints of the legislation," said a senior administration official.

The law approved by the National Assembly late Tuesday puts in jeopardy human rights groups and other organizations that get money from abroad, critics say, in part because it authorizes fines of as much as double the amount received by political parties or civic organizations.

I.B.M. rose 0.6 percent after its board authorized buying back as much as $10 billion in shares.

Judge Gonzalez authorized bonuses of as much as $45 million if the proceeds reach $3 billion or more.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to dismissal from the priesthood when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee.

But the airlines were reluctant to ask for big loan guarantees under the Air Transportation Stabilization Board, which Congress authorized to provide as much as $10 billion in loan guarantees to airlines reeling from Sept. 11.

The company has authorized the spending of as much as $300 million more to buy back shares.

The board also authorized the buyback of as much as an additional $3.5 billion of the common shares.