Medical authorities and anti-smoking advocates discourage smoking in general during pregnancy.

But now the authority, with an environmentally minded chief executive who took office on March 1, is discouraging an extension.

The main authorities on the subject therefore discourage it, with a caveat for special cases done under the direction of a conservator.

The authorities strongly discouraged any further study or teaching on the subject.

Journalistic authorities, including the New York Times and Reuters, now discourage its use in news reporting.

Also that that the Communist authorities of Kerala discouraged the workers in the fields from singing their folk songs.

By raising the interest rate(s) under its control, a monetary authority can contract the money supply, because higher interest rates encourage savings and discourage borrowing.

In the Tokugawa period, from 1603 to 1867, for example, authorities severely discouraged lawsuits.

Since then, authorities have actively discouraged public discussion of what went on.

Hierarchical authority, specialization, span of control, and other characteristics of formal systems also discourage experimentation.