Sentence examples for granting the designation from inspiring English sources

All eight voted in favor of granting the designation.

Calling the aftermath of the earthquake "a disaster of historic proportions," the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said she was granting the designation, known as temporary protected status, for Haitian immigrants because their safety would be at risk if they were deported.

It removes the anomaly that granted a university title on the basis of size not quality, seeing those with fewer than 4,000 students granted the 'University College' designation.

Two of the areas in which they hunt and breed have been granted the highest designation available under European law: a Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) grants the Magnet designation to hospitals,that have proved e.g. an excellent patient safety record, patient satisfaction, job satisfaction, transformational leadership and patient outcomes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted AliveCor the designation of "breakthrough device" for its ability to detect a rare but dangerous blood condition called hyperkalemia without taking any blood from the patient.

Haitians who are granted the special immigration designation could add as much as $1 billion to the Haitian economy over the next three years, Hunton & Williams, a law firm for Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services, wrote in a letter backed by the Episcopal bishop of Haiti and 49 American charity groups.

The Near Southside neighborhood was granted the historic district designation by the National Register of Historic Places.

The FDA grants the orphan drug designation to drugs intended to treat rare disorders.

The FDA has granted the Breakthrough Therapy designation to MPDL3280A.

The American Veterans (AMVETS) organization in Michigan petitioned the Michigan Legislature to grant this designation which was granted under Public Act 144 in 1959.