Sentence examples for granted audience from inspiring English sources

They are holding hands (a miracle worthy of the Vatican) and touching shoulders; the First Lady, after the custom of a woman granted audience with the Pope, is dressed in all black and shrouded under an intricate veil.

Those that fought against the Shogun were seen in the outer chambers, whilst those who were allies in the conflict were granted audience in the inner chambers.

Granted, audiences may be holding on to their cash until they see the return of Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick (rumored to begin on New Year's Eve).

He said politically connected executives would not only be granted audiences with government officials to discuss substantive issues but, in the case of elected officials, would also have the chance to reinforce the idea that Facebook can be a powerful campaign tool.

Among its recommendations, the committee said the board should be allowed to grant audience ratings only and not determine content except in rare circumstances.

Mr. Chamberlain has never much liked granting audiences to people with notebooks or tape recorders.

Around the subterranean dressing room where the general overseer was granting audiences, a phalanx of suited ministers and bodyguards were furiously tapping on their BlackBerrys.

It turns out to be a couple of questions squeezed into the end of a busy morning spent granting audiences to devotees, and draping khataks, white silken scarves, round their necks.

The Times of London said he had let the public down: "He has made a mockery of the voting rules, which grant audiences, not the experts, the right to choose who progresses.

Ali was as close as America has ever had to a royal figure, and, like other kings or queens, he was tasked with the constant demands of granting audiences.

He grants audiences to groups of seven or eight singers.