Sentence examples for consenting to something from inspiring English sources

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For all his physical capability and credibility, he seems out of place: why is a supernova like Cruise consenting to something this secondhand, something in which he seems so replaceable?

How can that be consenting to something that I don't know.

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Abbas, for his part, has consented to something like this interdependence, though without daring to make it a part of his strategic plan.

Similarly, discussion of "informed consent" around these algorithms is pretty moot if people have no idea what they are – you can't consent to something in any meaningful way if you don't understand what it is.

In a recent interview he said: "The phrase 'honour killing' is not something I have introduced, but we have to investigate the possibility that Shafilea was killed because she has not consented to something".

How can you consent to something you don't know or understand?

To consent to something is to reverse a prima facie supposition about what may and may not be done.

A person who has consented to something deeply immoral doesn't thereby refuse consent to that action, the person simply has failed to do anything morally productive.

It may seem that Locke is guilty of self-contradiction here at least if we suppose that to consent to something, even tacitly, is to give the "power", that is, the right to do it.

The one implication this might have is that one may ask the person again until he agrees, whereas normally if a person refuses to consent to something you must leave them alone.

When asked by the Crown if she consented to the alleged assault, DeCoutere said, "It's impossible to consent to something you're not asked, so no I didn't consent to it".

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