Sentence examples for set to authorise from inspiring English sources

The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has warned that Hamas "shut the door to a diplomatic solution" to the crisis in Gaza as his government was set to authorise the call-up of another 8,000 reserve soldiers in the escalating conflict.

But in a week when we have yet another apocalyptic warning about unsustainability (World 'on collision course with nature', OECD green growth report warns, 4 December), while the chancellor gets set to authorise up to 40 more gas-fired power stations (Osborne's gas plan will harm economy, says energy adviser, 5 December), who could reasonably be blamed for feeling confused and/or powerless?

Obama administration officials are making the case for US military action in Syria, as the US Senate is set to begin a series of votes on whether to authorise the use of force in the country.

The UN Security Council is set to hold a vote on a resolution authorising the initial deployment of monitors to Syria to oversee the ceasefire there.

It is set to get bigger: on February 9th the Bank's monetary-policy committee authorised £50 billion of new purchases over the next three months.

On Thursday, British MPs are set to vote on a government motion condemning the attack, but the vote will not authorise direct UK involvement in military action.

The interview with Torres was authorised by the club - had it not been he would have faced heavier censure - but he is still set to have to explain the contents to manager Andre Villas-Boas.

He has just commissioned another settlement on Jerusalem's southern rim and has set up a committee to authorise retroactively dozens of settlements unlicensed by Israel's government.

A statement from the Dublin government said the Irish Cabinet had met in emergency setting on Saturday night to authorise Lenihan to conclude the negotiations.

But fortunately Democratic senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican senator Kay Bailey Hutchison both have bills to authorise the FCC to set up auctions that would give TV broadcasters an incentive to sell their spectrum rights to transmitters who can put it to better use in the digital age.

"There were no court papers to authorise them to do that and they didn't ask permission so two sets of assaults there - both by the police surgeon and by the nurse who took our blood".