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  • His was, after all, a good idea: to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of what we know as the Authorised Version, that mighty work which has passed so many phrases, images and metaphors into the world's common parlance.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • His was, after all, a good idea: to mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of what we know as the Authorised Version, that mighty work which has passed so many phrases, images and metaphors into the world's common parlance.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Now in the course of my remarks I happened—maybe a little incautiously—to call the Authorised Version a ‘miracle’; using that word in a colloquial sense, in which no doubt you accepted it; meaning no more than that the thing passed my understanding.

    VII. Some Principles Reaffirmed 1916

  • He attended the Hampton Court Conference, and took part in the translation of the Bible, known as the Authorised

    A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature 1853

  • Royal patronage led to the finished work being called the "Authorised Version" - this label, now common, did not really catch on until the 1820s - yet James had a limited vision of what kind of undertaking it ought to be.

    Evening Standard - Home Henry Hitchings 2011

  • The survey by Sweeney Research, dated April 2008, also found that inspectors, formally known as Authorised Officers, were not seen as ready to act in difficult situations, such as vandalism, drug-taking or passengers being abused.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Comments regarding the implementation of a globally accepted Customs Accreditation Programme, namely the Authorised Economic Operator

    Muti 2010

  • They are known as Authorised Assessors of computer games.

    Australian Gamer RSS Feed 2008

  • "Authorised" portrait of Shakspeare, although there _is_ no question -- there _can be_ no possible question -- that in fact it is a cunningly drawn cryptographic picture, shewing two left arms and a mask.

    Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875

  • For example, if the manager can see a time-off request for an employee, they can either press "Authorised" to change the status of the record to "2", or press "Not Authorised" to change the status of the record to "3".

    ASP.NET Forums 2009

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