Sentence examples for gave privileges from inspiring English sources

He gave privileges to companies that established colonies in the Americas, Africa, and the West Indies.

He gave privileges to a number of private industries and founded state manufactures.

Among the princes of Habsburg-Lorraine who succeeded the Medicis, the last, Leopold II (1747 92), is of particular importance; he enlarged the city, gave privileges to foreign merchants, and had the great curved breakwater built to protect the port from the open sea.

Since bilateral aviation deals give privileges to the national flag-carrier, they discriminate against other European airlines.

After a few months and for good behaviour I was given "privileges" to dig the staff gardens unsupervised.

The press has real influence in our society and is given privileges in law in order to fulfill its function.

They were miffed that Euronext, which is run by a Frenchman and based in Paris, was giving privileges to French clients.

This would be less of a problem if the local hospitals were not all terrified of giving privileges to anybody who performs abortions.

The independent-minded and well-educated Miss Aibagawa, having saved the life of the local magistrate's baby, is given privileges rarely extended to women of the era.

Car-rental and credit-card companies already give privileges to customers with good records and the willingness to share confidential information.

Soon the superiors were allowed to handle money; priests within the order were given privileges denied to lay brothers; the yearly "general chapter" was restricted to the friars' representatives; and so on.