Example sentences of "[pron] grant " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Dearle claimed that in addition to the small scale of their work and the inexperience of their members , the committees also suffered from a difficulty in gaining the support of employers , especially in persuading them to grant the young worker time off for further education . |
| 2 | This will cause approval listings not to be produced when users prepare a package for approval using option 1.5.2 — Prepare package For Approval and will enable them to grant approval to a package immediately if they feel able to do so . |
| 3 | The legislation allows them to grant permission subject to ‘ such conditions as they think fit ’ , but this does not mean ‘ as they please ’ . |
| 4 | oh yes , leave to appeal , erm it does n't seem to me that this is an appropriate case for leave , or at least for me to grant leave , doctor |
| 5 | ‘ Accordingly , ’ he was saying , ‘ I grant bail for the sum of £500 against your appearance in this court tomorrow , when trial will duly commence . ’ |
| 6 | ( I grant that the difference is not absolute , and there may be elements of the affective and the intuitive in the pursuit of any intellectual discipline , but they are likely to be marginal . ) |
| 7 | A certain schoolmasterly tone enters the prose : ‘ there is an … undeniable talent here , I grant you … but it 's frittered away in self indulgence and conceit . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother is a small woman , I grant that , but it is nonetheless a considerable strain . |
| 9 | I grant you she may write him a critical review , but she wo n't demolish him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He 's hard , I grant you . |
| 11 | Primitive I grant you but transport nonetheless . ’ |
| 12 | But you 'll get nowhere with them I grant you . |
| 13 | I grant you that if the driver were in complicity with the robber , that would not apply . |
| 14 | ‘ They used to be , I grant you , some models , but now our quality control is as good as anybody 's . |
| 15 | She did cure them , I grant you . |
| 16 | ‘ Colourful , I grant , but underneath that conspicuous plumage you will get to know , if you are as lucky as you are ambitious , a very down-to-earth bird . |
| 17 | I grant you the low price and the willing telephone support , but then I was impressed by the mix of good points and bad in this package . |
| 18 | I seen 'im look very confident at the non-striker 's end , I grant yer , but that 'as n't won too many matches as I knows of . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , it 's meretricious , I grant yer , ’ conceded the Old Stager , ‘ but not reelly like the others what 's got 300 in Test matches . ’ |
| 20 | The bar , the guild bar downstairs currently not open at the moment I grant you , but hopefully , with a bit of luck , tonight is the grand opening tonight . |
| 21 | I grant it here a section on its own , though I do n't know that I like Tarbes very much , or would especially recommend anyone to go there . |
| 22 | I do not propose to say more at this stage , except that I wholly accept the evidence of the surgeon as to the desperate nature of this situation , and that I grant the declaration as sought , which will include provision for the necessary consequential treatment in addition to the Caesarean operation . |
| 23 | PEG : Getting old has its funny side , I grant you that . |
| 24 | ‘ I grant you they do n't live in a manner similar to anything we have ever encountered in the Empire . |
| 25 | You 'it acrorst the line o' the ball , I grant yer , but it come at a fair lick , one bounce . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And with the night 's obscurity , I grant you . |
| 27 | But I grant you that I 'm behind the times in some ways . |
| 28 | I only speak from observation ; yours may be different , I grant . |
| 29 | They 're strange , I grant you ; but very exciting and attractive . |
| 30 | Still , I grant him many points , particularly his maintaining that Wagner is representative of a modern dilettantism that sucks up and swallows everything of any artistic interest ; but precisely from this standpoint , one can not be astonished enough at … a disposition that allies indestructible energy with many-sided artistic gifts … |