1.   The dependence thesis does not claim that authorities always act for dependent reasons, but merely that they should do so.

2.   To deal with disputes over such matters, regional health authorities will act as conciliators.

3.   The Children Act requires an investigating authority to act upon its findings.

4.   Asked why authorities did not act on the information, Asotin County Sheriff John Jeffers declined to answer specifics, but said his department had acted properly.

5.   Authorities acted swiftly.

6.   Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene gave his endorsement to French calls for a political authority to act as a counterweight to the future European central bank.

7.   Advocates of the measure argue that it contains language allowing authorities to act in cases of child abuse or neglect.

8.   But he added there was little chance state authorities would have acted against him anyway.

9.   But Justice Allan L. Winnick of the State Supreme Court here concluded that the authority had acted lawfully.

10.   But many spam vigilantes said they are tired of waiting for the authorities to act.