Sentence examples for acquiescence on from inspiring English sources

This is a country accustomed to command and control on one side, and order and acquiescence on the other.

So Dinneen pressed for that adjustment, in exchange for his acquiescence on the point of obligation.

Mandela came to bitterly regret his acquiescence on that choice, as Mbeki grew remote, paranoid and autocratic while in power.

Can we forget his acquiescence on Iraq, his inaction in Sudan, his lack of initiative in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis?

It was a mere hope expressed on the part of Brainard that he might thereafter be able to pay for the house and a passive acquiescence on the part of the complainant that such effort might be made.

Assuming acquiescence on the part of the authorities of Illinois in the selection of its Representatives by a mode that defies the direction of Congress for selection by districts, the House of Representatives may not acquiesce.

Soon, officials began to conclude that the effort was too big to be going on without the "active acquiescence" of the administration, one source said.

The Fund's legitimacy - which it has sometimes been on the brink of losing -- depends on the acquiescence of the world's majority within its membership.

The fund's legitimacy depends on the acquiescence of the majority within its membership.

But a lot of this would depend on the acquiescence of the Senate.

But more often, officials rely on the acquiescence of directors who seek to reach a broad audience.