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Example sentences for "granting"

Lexicographically close words:
grantee; grantees; granter; grantest; granteth; grantit; grantor; grants; granular; granulate
  1. She has the right to prevent the state from granting the public exercise of their own worship to persons immigrating from it.

  2. But granting such occult powers in a world of economic strife, what follows?

  3. In his famous interview with the dying Lorenzo de Medici he made three demands as a condition for granting absolution.

  4. But granting this delay, a man would have to move fast to go the full length of the court from the Curator's room even in the time which this small delay might afford him.

  5. Better be of the yeoman class like Ermentrude, and smile like a duchess granting favors.

  6. But granting this, what fresh complexities were thus brought into an affair already teeming with incongruities--nay, absolute contradictions.

  7. But the opinion of the English Ministers is widely different; for, granting our premisses, they deny our conclusion.

  8. There is no doubt that this change has been produced by the facilities of procuring credit, which the Scottish Banks held forth, both by discounting bills, and by granting cash-accounts.

  9. This is granting the facts of the case as broadly as can be asked.

  10. Modyford was instructed, among other things, to prohibit the granting of letters of marque, and particularly to encourage trade and maintain friendly relations with the Spanish dominions.

  11. For my part, I loved her entirely, and rather prevented her, in granting any thing she desired, than opposed it.

  12. You know not the danger, the trouble, and the inconvenience, of granting these liberties.

  13. But what would it profit us to be rid of Lord Farquhart--granting that he is this--this gentleman of the highways?

  14. In front of the logs, sunk deep in his chair, dozed old Marmaduke Bass, the landlord of The Jolly Grig, granting himself the joy of serving drams to dream guests, since guests in the flesh would not come to him.

  15. Granting that Catholicism be a corruption, is it possible that it should be a corruption springing up everywhere at once?

  16. Alfred had been revolving in his mind a plan that included having Daniel Livingstone forge a letter signing Alfred's father's name to it, granting the boy permission to join the show.

  17. I cheerfully concede to every one the liberty of differing with me in sentiment, readily granting that he has as good chance of being right as myself, perhaps a better.

  18. President Krüger should reflect that nine out of ten people that receive the franchise will be supporters of the Republic in which they will have an interest, and that he will, by granting liberal reforms, disarm all opposition provoked.

  19. It was of opinion that the only way of putting an end to them was the granting of the franchise, so as to enable them to attend to their own interests.

  20. Try and persuade President Krüger to confer a benefit on the whole of South Africa by granting a broad measure of reform, and you will have done the best day's work any statesman ever did in South Africa.

  21. Granting all that is to be said of Cuba's scenic charms, some allowance is to be made for two influences.

  22. In law, the propriety of granting belligerent rights depends upon the establishment of certain facts, upon the proof of the existence of certain conditions.

  23. I believe, young man, granting permits is discretionary with the Supervisor," stated that individual.

  24. In these cases Bob reported uncompromisingly against the granting of the final papers.

  25. Of course I couldn't begin granting all those requests, and finally I was persuaded it would be easier to answer your questions with a new book.

  26. I have given him a note to Madam Chartley, granting him my permission to call on you.

  27. Even granting that they were a youthful folly and would pass away, how soon would they pass away?

  28. But granting she does not, are you the physician to know what is good for her?

  29. Even granting that the same principles of human nature underlay its developments, the developments were different.

  30. Tho' Horatio was very loth to engage himself in the lady's affairs, fearing to give a second umbrage to mademoiselle Charlotta, yet he knew not how to excuse granting so small a request, and therefore assured her of his compliance.

  31. Who now so strenuously opposes the granting him any new powers.

  32. This may be supposed to mean, "I, granting this to be true, ask what is to be inferred from it?

  33. Who now so strenuously opposes the granting to him of any new powers.

  34. I will do all this if one wish may be granted, a wish on which my happiness and my future depend, and also to a great extent that of my kingdom; and the granting of this wish depends on you.

  35. I answered coldly, that in me he had found the wrong man, granting even that I had some similarity with Luther, with Hobbes, with Brutus, all of whom had seen and dreaded ghosts.

  36. He was fortunate, too, in being able, by the calmness of his temper, to turn aside the violent language of Buonaparte, without either granting the justice of his complaints or giving him displeasure by direct contradiction.

  37. But, on the other hand, such being his way of thinking, and hardly disguised, it put the governor strongly on his guard against granting any relaxation of the vigilance necessary for effectually confining him.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "granting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accommodation; accordance; award; bestowal; communication; concession; contribution; deliverance; delivery; donation; endowment; grant; granting; investiture; liberality; offer; presentation; presentment; provision; subscription; surrender