We grant authority to impersonal histories, principles, and theories.
We grant government scholarships for fields where we know jobs will be in demand.
We grant patents at a level of abstraction that is unwise, and it's gotten us into trouble in the past.
We grant them extraordinary powers justified by the dangerous work they do – go after violent extremists, organised crime syndicates, transnational terror networks.
We grant that in the singular Santa Clans is a fin old gent, but we suspect that in the plural he be something else.
We grant him our full attention and respect as he's forced to go on, bearing the mystery of himself before him.
We grant mobsters dignity because we enjoy contemplating the general principles by which they are supposed to have lived: omertà, standing up to unfair authority, protecting your own.
"We grant protections to lawyers, with legal privilege, journalists with the protection of their sources and doctors with doctor-patient confidentiality.
We grant credit on a transaction basis.
We grant loans for their ventures.
"We grant too much discretion to judges.
