1.   Since this subject is so important, it is a pity the book is so badly constructed that it lacks authority.

2.   Although the Department of Agriculture lacks authority to order a company to recall a product when evidence of contamination or adulteration is found, it can recommend a recall.

3.   And because of outdated legislation, FERC lacks the authority to fine or prosecute companies in order to punish rule violations or discourage anticompetitive behavior, the GAO said.

4.   And several legal scholars have concluded that the legislature lacks the authority to name electors.

5.   Bolton ruled that Barclay lacked authority to make such a finding.

6.   A Palm Beach County judge refused to order a new election, saying he lacked the authority to do so.

7.   All three lawmakers, in letters or through spokesmen, said that the Treasury Department lacked authority to issue the latest regulations.

8.   But fearing a union grievance, they backed off, which gave the impression that Williams lacked the authority to make his decisions stick.

9.   But he lacks the authority that accrues to a British prime minister or a German chancellor by dint of a majority in parliament.

10.   But the E. coli problem starts in the gut of the animal, and at present the government lacks authority to trace bacteria back to conditions at the farm.