Sentence examples for biggest authorities from inspiring English sources

Last week, Governor Pataki ordered 31 of the state's biggest authorities to adopt new procedures intended to improve their management and make their dealings more public.

He delivered a stinging attack on Birmingham's services for children - accusing them of long-running failures in supporting the safety and well-being of young people in England's biggest authority.

As in old Ealing comedies, small-timers take on big, bad authority figures.

He pointed out that many of the big authorities, including the Long Island Power Authority, employ several executives at salaries higher than the governor's.

Seventeen big authorities -- among them the Dormitory Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Thruway Authority, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Long Island Power Authority -- currently owe bondholders about $105 billion, of which the state is obligated to pay about $34 billion.

But "Stop HS2" campaigners think that instead of battling over their own rival HS2 schemes, they should join those other, bigger authorities who have come out against it.

But he adds: "The evidence for whether bigger authorities are better or more efficient is at best mixed to tell you the truth.

"From equipment malfunctions to us blacking out on explanations, which is always slightly awkward, the best part of the Wolf Pack is that we consider ourselves no better than any student," said Or. "We are not big authorities, so things like that happen and we all laugh about it".

Russians tend to want big authority all the time, even in theatre.

Many people will know of Brian Redhead as one of the famous voices of the Today programme but he was an even bigger authority on his home ground.

It's not like I've put on some exhibition or tried to put myself up as some sort of expert or big authority on punk.