61.   Propositions and conclusions should be justified, where necessary, from standard authorities in the field.

62.   A useful analogy is to imagine the local authority in the driving seat.

63.   I think I want to start by reminding everybody that borrowing to finance capital spending is the norm, for almost all local authorities in this country.

64.   But supposing a local authority in its local plan wanted to allocate land for development in what is currently open countryside.

65.   Nor does the County Council believe that it will have any noticeable effect on the objectives of the adjoining authority in West Yorkshire.

66.   We have probably less debts maybe than some of the other authorities in Wiltshire, and Thamesdown has a far greater debt than ours.

67.   There was such quiet authority in his deep voice that she nodded, instinctively obeying the command, remaining stiff and unfeeling as she watched him go back inside.

68.   Two health authorities in the region are being merged.

69.   The authorities in California are conducting investigations into the skiing and rafting accidents which are believed to be the first of their kind in the state.

70.   The authorities in California are still investigating what went wrong.