Sentence examples for be conferred upon from inspiring English sources

Prizes may be given only to individuals, except the Peace Prize, which may also be conferred upon an institution.

It is reported from Rome that the care of the Roman Catholic missions in the Near East shall be conferred upon Italians.

He declared that "there is something more precious to me than any honor that can be conferred upon me….and that is the approval of my own conscience and my own self-respect".

Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups".

"We had sought an amendment to that provision saying if there is a benefit to be conferred upon one cruise line member, then others should have the same opportunity," said Michael Crye, president of the International Council of Cruise Lines, which represents the 16 major international cruise lines, including Norwegian.

The second and final sentence, which had come under fire for being hard to interpret, now says: "Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any state, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and woman".

Civil rights, after all, are different from human rights because they are conferred upon us by law, not intrinsic to us as human beings.

Allawi's medical degree, she wrote, "was conferred upon him by the Baath party".

Later, when they were old enough, the burden was conferred upon the school.

Prophetically, he renounced the title of "National Unchangeable Leader," which had been conferred upon him in 1938.

Elections were dispensed with in 1854, when the presidency was conferred upon him for life.