The phrase "facing authority" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It is typically used to refer to a situation in which someone is in a position of having to confront or deal with a figure of power or authority. Example: "After committing the crime, the suspect found himself facing authority in the form of a stern judge and jury."
"I have an obsession with facing authority," Mohammed said.
Unless of course, people actually watch the video of Ziegler being detained, helpfully provided by Fox, which doesn't so much depict a stoic documentarian heroically facing authority figures as it does a man who seems eager to restage the "Don't tase me, bro!" video, by laughing maniacally, flopping around, and acting as if he is in the throes of a particularly thunderous bowel movement.
One of the questions facing authorities is whether Sonboly, who was bullied and isolated at school, intentionally set out to kill other young people.
Stacks of shoes, sleeping bags, nappies, towels, clothes, water and food supplies are sprawled around the basement – testament, if anything, to the purely organisational nature of the problem now facing authorities.
The episode highlighted the dilemma facing authorities across the continent as they try to communicate potential threats without causing undue panic or disruption.
The race at the site marked the latest challenge facing authorities as they cope with what geologists rank as one of the biggest upheavals in a century from one of the world's most active volcanoes.
A major difficulty facing authorities was the complexity of local land tenure arrangements.
S4HARA differentiates itself from other decision support tools by providing rational HIV/AIDS resource allocation capabilities as well as consideration of the realities facing authorities in their decision-making process.
In the November/December 2004 issue of the IMSA [ International Municipal Signal Association Journal, researcher Michele McColgan of the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute wrote, "The problem facing authorities is twofold: how to identify the balance between useful lighting and light pollution; and how to quantify lighting objectively to see if this balance is being met".
"And in spite of the obligatory happy end, we see here what was in the peasant's eyes when he faced authority.
As an example of the difficulties facing any authority that replaces Mr Morsi, analysts point to the issue of fuel subsidies.
