1.   The municipal authorities here are preparing for food rationing.

2.   But already local authorities are preparing themselves to meet the cost of bigger premiums and penalty clauses... which eventually will mean bigger council tax bills.

3.   Each issuing authority will prepare the dossier according to SOL XXX.

4.   At a camp near Istanbul formerly used to shelter Bosnian refugees, the Turkish authorities are preparing to house several hundred families from Kosovo.

5.   But American authorities were already preparing to seize the funds.

6.   But this year, the authorities appeared better prepared.

7.   Friday night, authorities were preparing to arrest a man in Manila suspected of creating the virus, though the FBI and Justice Department declined to confirm those reports.

8.   The federal authorities hurriedly prepared the affidavit they needed for a warrant to search his apartment, truck and storage shed.

9.   Albanian authorities had prepared for the worst in a nation where political contests often turn ugly.

10.   An FBI spokesman in California said Wednesday that federal authorities were preparing an unlawful flight warrant for Nivette, the first step toward enlisting French help with the case.