governing authority

collocation in English

meaningsofgoverningandauthority

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governing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ.nɪŋ/
having the power to govern a country or ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofgoverningandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Again, the constitution of thegoverningauthorityunder a scheme would be determined by negotiations inside the industry.
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So far practically the two extreme parties were the only parties represented on thegoverningauthority.
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I am very attracted to the idea in subsection (1)(c) that thegoverningauthorityshould have a say in this matter.
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On the other hand, the matter is not in our hands; we are not thegoverningauthority.
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Occasionally, phrases have been employed by secretaries of state or by viceroys who are not thegoverningauthority.
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This is the centralgoverningauthorityof this country, and this question is being watched in every part of the country with very close attention.
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Any holding it over for any length of time by thegoverningauthorityin this great industry is to be deprecated.
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A variety of names have described thegoverningauthority, but, whatever name is put up, the sport is governed by the track owners.
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I feel that this whole science needs much closer attention on the part of thegoverningauthoritythan it has hitherto received.
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They are forbidden to look ahead, and who is so well able as thegoverningauthorityof a town to anticipate what the near future may have in its hands.
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Thegoverningauthorityis completely non-elected.
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Moreover, by regulation, thegoverningauthoritywill be personally charged with the responsibility for ensuring, so far as possible, that the courts are impartial and suitably experienced.
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As instructed by the legislature, the newgoverningauthorityof the parish now had to determine exactly where the new parish seat would be located.
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The most common is the independent school district, which (with one exception) has a board of trustees that is independent of any othergoverningauthority.
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Various levels of testing are generally required by thegoverningauthorityfor the country in which it is to be transported.
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Sometimes price controls are at the same time also instituted by thegoverningauthority, but historically these have generally proved unworkable.
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In party's hierarchy, the central executive committee is the highest and powerfulgoverningauthorityand it has final jurisdiction over all the party decision.
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The minting of coins was a prerogative of the rulers, and carried with it a certain degree ofgoverningauthority.
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The temple'sgoverningauthorityruns many educational institutions.
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Baptists do not have a centralgoverningauthority, unlike most other denominations.
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