Sentence examples for was never authorised from inspiring English sources

He said things he was never authorised to say, suggesting that unionists would have to change and that one day the island might be united.

The King drafted an abdication notice, which was never delivered, finally accepted the defeat in North America, and authorised peace negotiations.

Although authorised by an Act of Parliament, it too was never built.

The modern way to authorise documents is to sign them, but at that time it was not common place, so Magna Carta was never signed by King John.

I don't think anybody should conclude from that around the world that the House of Commons is never prepared to authorise military action.

Asked whether Britain would ever intervene militarily, he said: "We did have a bad experience of being defeated in the Commons but I do not think … people should conclude from that that the House of Commons is never prepared to authorise military action.

Cases in which CIA interrogators threatened one or more detainees with mock executions - a practice never authorised by Bush administration lawyers - are documented in the report, the Reuters sources said.

When the Guardian pointed out to Blair that it had not suggested that he had authorised the use of torture - as opposed to asking him whether he had authorised a policy that led to people being tortured - and that his spokesman had not answered the questions that were asked, his spokesman replied: "Tony Blair does not condone torture, has never authorised it nor colluded in it.

They insist that they never authorised UN backing for military force to depose Muammar Gaddafi last year, and refuse to be "tricked" again.

The text of the Authorised Version is never unduly tampered with, but all italics are omitted, and now and then an obvious changing of the words to make for sense or clearness is adopted.

McKinney never authorised any of this".