But the Soviet authorities have never tolerated an invasion on the scale of this two-day event.

But the authorities would not tolerate the expression of liberal opinions, and he was soon compelled to abandon the undertaking.

Chinese authorities have long tolerated limited, local protests by workers unhappy over wages or other issues.

Nowhere else in Europe would the authorities tolerate such behaviour.

Ultimately the formal authorities must tolerate these unofficial networks, even incorporate and legitimize them, for the whole system to function.

Local authorities tolerated drug activities there largely to ghettoize the drug problem.

"The authorities tolerate a lot of groups," Professor Chrzanowski said, "but of course they don't want to legalize them."

The Belarusian authorities do not tolerate any independence.

Ecclesiastical authority did not always tolerate this breach of discipline.

For now, the authorities are tolerating him but harassing him at the same time, apparently in an attempt to instill some fear.