Sentence examples for concerned the authorities from inspiring English sources

What concerned the authorities was that his criticisms could influence hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom may be inside the political machinery of the Islamic Republic, such as the Revolutionary Guards or the Bassij militia.

He said Ashya's parents Brett and Naghemeh were concerned the authorities could take legal action if they believed brain tumour patient Ashya was not receiving the appropriate treatment back in the UK and could seek an injunction stopping them from speaking out.

Rousseau said she was concerned the authorities were confusing "street demonstrations with threats to national security".

That car is a crime scene, she says, and as far as I'm concerned the authorities have a solemn obligation to treat it as such.

The war concerned the authority of Ferdinand V, a Catholic, who had been crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in September.

It is not just the flow of drugs that concerns the authorities here.

Hundreds of thousands have died, and the city is a target for Iraqi missiles, but what concerns the authorities, at this instant, is that the woman has appeared outside without a chador.

But that leaves in place the puzzle concerning the authority of moral principles.

For example, if non-natural properties are understood as properties that would not figure in the best scientific account of reality then the issue obviously concerns the authority of science to determine the answers to all ontological questions.

His success, and the manner of it, concerned the English authorities, and Fender among others believed that success against Bradman was to be found in adopting new tactics.

He is concerned that the authorities are not taking things seriously.