Sentence examples for assent assent from inspiring English sources

Even after colonies such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, and Newfoundland were granted responsible government, the British government continued to sometimes advise governors-general on the granting of assent; assent was also occasionally reserved in order to allow the British government to examine a bill before advising the governor-general.

These CABs would selectively assent to, or withhold assent from, contractual changes that sellers wish to make, according to each CAB's modification policy.

He was addressing the supreme court before representations from Welsh and Scottish government lawyers, who will argue that under the Sewel convention the Westminster government cannot alter the rights of the citizens in the devolved nations without parliamentary assent and the assent of the devolved legislatures.

By Wednesday afternoon, as he walked into the meeting just off the House chamber, Mr. Kyl had become a challenge for his fellow negotiators: Leaders from both parties say no deal can be reached without his assent, but getting that assent has become next to impossible.

In his influential first book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961; rev. ed., 1983), Booth presented a detailed examination of narrative technique and introduced such terms as "implied author" and "reliable narrator". In 1974 he produced Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent, a plea for reasoned assent in the educational community that was prompted by events on the Chicago campus.

They roar in assent.

Jordan nodded his assent.

Sam shrugged in assent.

We want assent.

I nodded my assent.

Rob nods in assent.