Sentence examples for command broad assent from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday Brandis said he and Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion had worked closely with the opposition and Recognition Council "to ensure we develop a proposal that is sufficiently meaningful, while at the same time sufficiently modest that it will command broad assent from the Australian people", of both conservative and progressive disposition.

But Afghanistan cannot go for long without politicians who command wide assent.

The United Nations Development Programme is looking for ways to expand projects that are not linked to political decisions, says Knut Ostby, the UNDP's deputy representative.But Afghanistan cannot continue for long without politicians who command wide assent.

To the Global South primates, such acts as the consecration of Gene Robinson without the broad assent of the whole church reflect an arrogant indifference to the consequences.

Even when small plans command broad support, they can have trouble getting off the ground.

The Clintons command broad popularity in Northern Ireland, a factor that weighs with Irish-American voters in American politics.

In principle, Rousseau is right that more important matters ought to command broader support.

This decision commanded broad support.

The army commands broad respect in Egypt.

Another recent poll said local police officers still commanded broad respect.

Worryingly, no leader, young or old, commands broad support in the West Bank.