1.   Because of this, authorities have found it hard to justify expenditure on services geared specifically to the needs of young women.

2.   The local authority could find itself in the invidious position of having to refuse.

3.   While there may be no fiscal imbalance in aggregate, some authorities may be unable to finance programmes that other authorities find easy to handle.

4.   The authorities may find it difficult to do this.

5.   Where communication is a problem it is for the local authority to find a way round this.

6.   Although authorities found suspicious materials in his baggage, he is described only as a possible witness who officials believe did not have direct knowledge of any bomb plot.

7.   And last week, authorities found another house in Woodland Hills with an animal farm of live piranhas, black widows and rattlesnakes.

8.   And the authorities are finding that prosecuting people like Roman may be an exercise in futility because public sentiment often supports them.

9.   And while fewer guns were confiscated from students, authorities found more students with knives.