Sentence examples for granting member from inspiring English sources

Democratic theory has long been concerned with how to prevent domination of minorities, and many federal political orders do so by granting member units some influence over common decisions.

They were wary of granting member units veto power typical of confederal arrangements, since that would render the center weak and cause "tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible compromises of the public good".

Federal political orders typically influence individuals' political influence by skewing their voting weight in favor of citizens of small member units, or by granting member unit representatives veto rights on central decisions.

On May 17, CSB Chairman, Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso sent a letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) expressing frustration and concern about the "unprecedented delay and harmful delay" in granting members of the CSB investigative team access to the site.

A slowdown in economic growth in the 12-country euro zone forced the European Commission to grant member states an additional two years to balance their national budgets.

If and when the U.K. government invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty of 2007, which grants member states the right to leave, there will be at least two years of negotiations about the terms of Britain's future relationship with Europe.

In the Senate, a Christian pastor asked God to grant members "wisdom and discernment" to do what is right.

He hinted that perhaps Bartimaeus would have functioned better as an explicitly religious organization, like a church, which would have granted members more leeway in whom they chose to live with, than as a condo model.

But his reading of Warren's "History" was paranoid and hysterical, and his letters to her are the rantings of a bully: she is unladylike; there are things he could say about her if he weren't such a gentleman; and she could not possibly be motivated by anything but bitterness at his having been unwilling to grant members of her family political preferment.

The European Union recently granted members the right to reduce the amount of tax they charge on these transactions and nine countries have done so.

Prosecutors have granted members of the police association immunity in exchange for their testimony.