Sentence examples for granted critics from inspiring English sources

Granted, critics say that some of the rulings -- like banning ephedra -- were years in the making, but other people note that unlike, say, the Environmental Protection Agency, the F.D.A. has not seemed in retrenchment on regulatory matters.

A13 Critics Halt Airport Expansion The federal aviation administrator announced that a $15billion expansion of O'Hare International Airport was cleared, but within hours, a federal court granted critics of the expansion a stay temporarily halting the F.A.A. approval.

A poorly chosen word or maladroit display, as when Kaepernick wore socks with cartoon pigs dressed as police officers and a T-shirt featuring Fidel Castro, could grant critics an opening.

As has been argued elsewhere, this is a very clumsy reading of what Genesis actually says; but set alongside the Levitical code and (as Ellen Davis argues) many other aspects of the theology of Jewish Scripture, the malign interpretation that has latterly been taken for granted by critics of Judaism and Christianity appears profoundly mistaken.

While the White House claims that the president secured a major education reform victory Tuesday by signing into law policy that limits the role of private lenders and increases the funds for Pell Grants, critics contend that it is just an incremental approach.

But even granting that, critics said, Spanish air traffic controllers are in a league of their own.

But not having a final draft presents obvious obstacles, none more dangerous than granting Republican critics a pass of sorts for not coming to the summit with a detailed plan of their own.

Each year, the music critics granted, he played better.