Sentence examples for even assent from inspiring English sources

One particular problem we have in the present crisis is that so many people who hear the siren song of radical fundamentalism live in countries growing ever larger, ever younger and ever poorer where there is no democracy or chance to express dissent or even assent in a normal political way.

Indeed, not even assent to such an impression amounts to knowledge.

It is a testament to Bennett's extraordinary skill – his genius, even – that we assent to the proposition, which would in real life make a cat laugh, that the Queen could be capable of becoming a reader of fine discernment.

That is a sentiment to which almost all governments readily assent, even in the (quite large) slice of the world where links exist between officialdom, the police and the shady types who trade in flesh.And at least in principle, cross-border trafficking is acknowledged to be so manifestly dreadful that every civilised state must be seen to help correct this wrong.

(As I write these words, I am still reeling from the news that an allegedly genuine pair of the Queen's knickers has been sold for £11,000 on eBay). It is a testament to Bennett's extraordinary skill – his genius, even – that we assent to the proposition, which would in real life make a cat laugh, that the Queen could be capable of becoming a reader of fine discernment.

But even if you assent to their corrupted read on inflation, the point is still abundantly clear that income growth for consumers was absent.

The empirical evidence that children are generally competent not only to assent, but even to give consent from the age of 12 contradicts these regulations and theories.

And when Mr. Romney said he would restore President Obama's $716 billion in Medicare savings, Mr. Ryan assented, even though his own budget plan assumes the same savings.

Notputin then assents, even after Claire throws him under the bus at the Moscow press conference announcing the accord, because she's had an attack of conscience for no damn good reason after two seasons of imperturbable ruthlessness.

A few members assented even though they found it a little too theological.

Indeed, some studies do not even distinguish between the terms "assent" and "consent".