Sentence examples for be granted life from inspiring English sources

In the early 2000s, faced with queues of people destined to die of a treatable disease, doctors in sub-Saharan Africa were forced to play God; deciding who would be granted life saving drugs from limited stocks.

Conversely, where some will suffer death, others are granted life.

Nine Lives, Barry Sonnenfeld's kiddie flick about a cat voiced by Kevin Spacey, shouldn't have been granted life at all.

The judicial branch is the only branch of the federal government whose members are granted life tenure.

• It was early morning, Michelle Hong said, when the refugees decided they had survived the storm, been granted life, not to be forced to endure it in postwar Vietnam.

(Not shown here are the rhinestone barrettes that clipped the models' hair loosely back and were so very pretty — a must-get if they are granted life beyond the runway).

We stated our case and were granted life.

Earlier this month David Cameron told an audience in Birmingham that council houses should not be granted for life.

According to their deserts, some would be granted "everlasting life," others consigned to an existence of "shame and everlasting contempt" (Dan. 12 2).

Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem deputy leader, today spoke out against David Cameron's suggestion that council houses should not be granted for life.

The prime minister is likely to be challenged by members of the public today over his remarks that council homes should not be granted "for life".