1.   The authorities declared that this was proof that South Africa was supplying UNITA by air.

2.   Guilty because the authorities declare him guilty, a man must still be able to furnish pretexts for that guilt...

3.   And health authorities there have declared it safe.

4.   Anticipating that the decision could set off a run on banks and on the peso, Argentine authorities declared a bank and currency exchange holiday on Monday and Tuesday.

5.   But then the authorities declared that the balloons could ascend.

6.   Far from appearing concerned about possible economic retaliation, the Iranian authorities declared it was they who would have nothing further to do with the Europeans.

7.   In the city of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, authorities declared the water undrinkable.

8.   In part because the jacket was found near his body, rather than on it, the authorities have declared that he was unarmed.

9.   The authorities declared that hunger strikes constituted a crime.

10.   When German authorities later declared the diaries a hoax, Newsweek ran a second cover story suggesting that the magazine had played a major role in uncovering the fraud.