Sentence examples for a covenant for from inspiring English sources
They are trying to establish a covenant for the building, which postal officials said in a letter last December to the State Historic Preservation Office was, "slated for sale," though it has yet to be listed.
The same happened in 1972, and in 1982 the Anglican church failed to ratify a proposal for a "Covenant for Visible Unity" that was favoured by the United Reformed Church and the Moravian Church as well as by the Methodists.
He has rallied the leaders of Italy and Spain and next week at a leaders' summit in Brussels he will present a "Covenant for Growth", an 11-page proposal for 120bn euros of investment in the eurozone economy.
In the end we came up with a "covenant" for our future rather than a list of dos and don'ts.
On the strategic level, a covenant for intensive cooperation has been signed by the boards of the five organizations.
And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will he the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
In his inauguration address, Nelson Mandela spoke of a covenant of his own, longing for "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world".
He praised the Dutch for maintaining a covenant of "peace, respect and friendship" with the Mohawks in the 17th century, but cautioned that 400 years later the legacy of native Americans should not be overlooked.
Another issue was that some of the ministers had heard that Hutchinson had, during her conventicles, criticised them for preaching a covenant of works and said that they were not able ministers of the New Testament.
Given the editorial page's historical position on such matters, there is a bit of humor in the fact that its mission is now protected by a covenant allowing for judicial supervision of the perfectly legal conduct of a business owner.
The loudest criticism came from Grover Norquist, whose group, Americans for Tax Reform, is the author of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge that has become a sacred covenant for virtually anyone wishing to run as a Republican.
