Sentence examples for granting the former from inspiring English sources

Granting the former polytechnics university status, giving them freedom from local authority control and the power to award their own degrees, was the right thing to do.

"In this case, it appears he is willing to grant the former," he added, "but not the latter".

In the end, the Spanish agreed to a treaty that granted the former slaves their freedom and the right to create their own free settlement.

The reports of Mr. Montesinos' surprise departure followed weeks of debate within the Panamanian government over whether to grant the former aide to President Albert K. Fujimori asylum.

Granted, the former England striker possesses negligible resale value but by securing safety, his goals have been worth at least £100m to Sunderland.

Reductio ad absurdum: After two years of taking his base for granted, the former Pied Piper of America's youth had to spar with Jon Stewart to try to get the attention of young people who once idolized him.

• Switzerland - usually shows considerable reluctance over extradition, but refusal to grant the former Vichy official resident status reflects attempts to cover up cooperation with Hitler, including the expulsion of Jewish refugees.

The United States today granted the former president of Taiwan a visa to visit early next month, a step that is certain to become a new irritant in Chinese-American relations.

Rallying to President Hugo Chavez's call for radical social and political change, Venezuelans on Sunday granted the former paratrooper a new six-year term with enhanced powers, top officials said.

Mr. terHorst, who is now 80, said a pardon of Nixon might eventually have been justified to avoid the spectacle of a drawn-out prosecution, but he said he had never wavered in his view that it was morally unfair to grant the former president an unconditional pardon while his aides were going to jail and draft evaders were receiving only conditional pardons.

His decision grants the former deputy prime minister a rare victory in the lengthy trial.