Sentences with phrase «told by authority figures»

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I will never understand why people allow themselves (given that there is a choice) to be told what they can and can not have, or what they must have on / in their homes by some» group» of supposed authority figures who govern their homes.

Local authorities have been told not to «interfere» in royal wedding street parties by senior Conservative figures.

The story told here by Garland — whose screenwriting credits also include 28 Days Later, Dredd, Sunshine, and Never Let Me Go — contains elements familiar from his past works: apocalyptic events, authority figures or scientists faced with ethical dilemmas, the exploration of the issues of gender, identity, and creation.

Not only is she constantly trying to learn and get more out of her life, but she most times does so by going against what the authority figures in her life tell her she should: her school superiors, her best friends, her mother.

Confrontation between villagers (led by a group of women) and private security forces took place in a day full of dramatic episodes: from villagers resisting bulldozers and removing barb - wire fences with tractors, to a tragicomical message from the local authorities telling villagers to «keep the dead trees until we figure out what to do next».

Expert liars, whether con - men, psychopaths or unscrupulous politicians, know that in the public mind the facts are often a weak defence in the face of persistent and passionate fabrications by figures of authority, particularly when they know that the lies they are telling are one's that the listener wants to hear.