Sentence examples for authorizes only from inspiring English sources

Federal law authorizes only local governments, not states, to seek bankruptcy protection.

However, 28 U.S.C. §1412, which supersedes 28 U.S.C. §1477, authorizes only the transfer of a case.

"Your use of the unit is not permitted under the building's certificate of occupancy, which authorizes only 'doctors offices' on the first floor," reads a letter from the board's president, Laura Hartstein.

Petitioner suggests that one consideration weighing in favor of finding the power to abrogate here is that the Act authorizes only prospective injunctive relief, rather than retroactive monetary relief.

The grounds are that the Act authorizes only preventive relief; that there has been no threat of enforcement against the appellees and that they have alleged no irreparable injury.

The Security Council now authorizes only peace enforcement missions — missions that are more frequently deployed to active conflicts before the full cessation of hostilities — which charge peacekeepers with using force to protect civilians under threat of violence and which are increasingly hard to distinguish from war.

The authorities authorized only a rally, to be held on Triumphal Square.

The Democratic National Committee has authorized only six.

The Franciscans were authorized only to preach penance.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali wanted 34,000; the Security Council authorized only 7,400.

NMFS will authorize only one RQE at a time.