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The phrase "assent as a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing agreement or approval in a specific context, often followed by a noun that describes the role or capacity in which the assent is given.
Example: "The committee's decision to proceed was based on the members' assent as a collective body."
Alternatives: "agreement in the capacity of" or "approval as a".
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She described its Royal assent as a "momentous day", noting that "Parliament has provided a clear framework for the future and a solid base on which to regulate 21st-century practice within 21st-century law".
Observing an older child patiently help a younger unpack, or seeing Ms. Novogratz casually assent as a child decides to mattress-surf down the stairs, a maxed-out working mother suddenly realizes what she has been doing wrong: too few children!
Some lawyer-economists have even proposed rejecting outright orthodox contract law's intentionalist insistence on assent as a pre-requisite for obligation, in favor of a regime in which bargaining gives rise to a converging series of bilateral options, in which each bargaining party may be held to its representations although no agreement has been reached (Ben-Schachar 2004: 1830 35).
The photos should be anonymised and where children have the capacity they should be asked for their assent (as a minimum) to be photographed in addition to their parent/guardian [ 14].
Rather, when feasible, environmental investigators can strive to create a goodness of fit between children's maturing skills and the research context by approaching child assent as a process of research education fitted to the child's age and abilities (Fisher 2002, 2003a).
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Research guidelines require a child's assent as well as their parents' consent for the child to take part in research.
Respondents 18 years and above were required to provide informed consent, while respondents below the age of 18 years were required to provide assent as well as the consent of a parent/guardian.
As a consequence, in order to prove that assent has been obtained, most guidelines require that an "assent form" be signed and dated by the person taking assent as well as by the child, and if the child is illiterate, a witness (not the parent) should sign on the child's behalf.
If the referendum bill was given a smooth ride in the Lords, it could receive royal assent as early as July – but given that issues around the phrasing of the question and the franchise are likely to prove contentious, this seems unlikely.
If the Article 50 Bill triggering the exit from the EU is passed, it could win royal assent as early as Tuesday, allowing Mrs May to begin the two-year Brexit process.
Confidence between the senate and its officers, and the power to make a suitable choice, and to secure a suitable responsibility for the faithful discharge of the duties of office, are so indispensable for the public good, that the provision will command universal assent, as soon as it is mentioned.
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