11.   The Jamtlands Folk Bank was approached by the tax authorities for details of the balances of account holders and of interest receipts.

12.   The men were interrogated by the US authorities for over six hours.

13.   The problem is made worse by the lack of a central authority for water management.

14.   There will be all-purpose authorities for the delivery of services.

15.   They should show up Tory authorities for not providing nursery provision.

16.   We have already announced our intention to establish independent authorities for the eight national parks currently run as county council committees.

17.   Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs.

18.   The report also criticized the Kenyan authorities for violent action against squatters and against nomadic Somali communities in north-east Kenya.

19.   It should be remembered that in meetings of this type the minutes act as the authority for implementing the decisions.

20.   It has taken Fraud Squad officers months just to obtain clearance from the Egyptian authorities for an evidence-gathering trip.