Sentence examples for conferred upon them from inspiring English sources

They are the prototypical "alpha male" in the group, and they frequently claim leadership positions instead of waiting to have leadership responsibility conferred upon them.

A framework through which organisations are accountable for standards in conducting corporate business, including meeting statutory financial duties, conferred upon them by the secretary of state for health.

In many cases police also relied on the extensive powers conferred upon them under antisocial behaviour laws, refusing to release protesters until they provided their details.

Colonial charters conferred upon them the traditional legal privileges of Englishmen, such as habeas corpus and the right to trial before a jury of one's peers.

The power he derived from them — and conferred upon them — came from their ability to advance his conversation with European art.

Tribal jurisdiction is limited: For powers not expressly conferred upon them by federal statute or treaty, Indian tribes must rely upon their retained or inherent sovereignty.

But both women evidently view the Birkin as a talisman that should confer upon them a whispered, quiet verdict: classy.

And if  God does not exist, as Sartre claims, our lives can have only the meaning we confer upon them.

The remaining four authors' associations' standing came from foreign law that confers upon them exclusive rights to enforce copyrights of their foreign members.

What is denied to gay individuals in states that confer upon them rights and obligations identical to those for people who are married?

While the host crystalline CD lattice is stable to ∼300 °C, the uncovered, yet constrained, portions of the N-6 chains emanating from the CD-IC surfaces may crystallize below, or be molten above ∼225 °C, and confer upon them shape-memory.