Sentence examples for General assent from inspiring English sources

A deal that both could sign might command more general assent in Paris.

It's a New Yorker's argument — no Jersey truck farms without Manhattan diners — but it's not one that has won general assent among historians of early civilizations.

Labour vice chair Val Shawcross stressed to seemingly general assent that Anderson has conducted himself impeccably over the superhighways, which enjoy full cross-party support.

The argument made by the President's first week is that these conditions, combined with the general assent of a Republican-controlled Congress, might in fact create the opposite situation, freeing him to do whatever he wants.

The memory I have is of hanging on my dad's waist and hearing one of my aunts say "Well, what did she expect?" to the general assent of all the grown-ups.

Today, there is general assent on the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases in order to mitigate climate change [ 2, 3].

Both houses of the parliament passing an amendment to the Marriage Act, along with the governor general's assent, was all that was necessary to allow for marriage equality in Australia, the research unit said.

In 1976, a bill originating in the House of Representatives was mistakenly submitted to the Governor-General and assented to.

There was a general murmur of assent.

In Canada, the governor general may give assent either in person at a ceremony held in the Senate, or by a written declaration notifying Parliament of his or her agreement to the bill.

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