Sentence examples for expressions of approval from inspiring English sources

So are the constant expressions of approval that he needs.

Tradition-based societies depend largely on communal expressions of approval or disapproval.

"Expressions of approval are not permitted by the galleries," said Senator Mary L. Landrieu, the acting president, and Mr. Byrd nodded his head in assent and strode away.

Emotivists deny that moral utterances are cognitive, holding that they consist in emotional expressions of approval or disapproval and that the nature of moral reasoning and justification must be reinterpreted to take this essential characteristic of moral utterances into account.

Those who voted for conviction received expressions of approval while those who stood for acquittal reported 'threats.' " After which the Journal gave the names and addresses (of considerable convenience, I imagine, to anonymous letter writers) of two of the pro-acquittal jurors.

The general did not directly criticizé the American action, but he withheld all expressions of approval and indicated that his preference would have been for extensive arms aid, which President Nixon said could not have been effectively utilized by the Cambodian forces.

(the band, if not the expression of approval).

The chef, a colored man, was gratified at their expression of approval, & readily explained his formula.

Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a resolution of disapproval shall not be deemed an expression of approval of such rule or regulation.

One was that he knew the outcome was less an expression of approval for the challenger than a rejection of the incumbent.

To use an expression of approval common in south London: 'It 'ain't 'alf bad.' © Graham Swift Last Orders opens on 11 January.