It is true the strip of land now actually occupied by the roadbed and telegraph line may be only a small part of the four hundred feet granted, but this fact is of no consequence.
A little more pellucidity please, Bagehot.Glenn Mainland Raven, CanadaGood behaviourSIR – It is always interesting to see scientific confirmation of what most of us already took for granted, this time the fact that social behaviour tends to conform to its surroundings ("Can the can", November 22nd).
On a regular basis, I do something that most people in the free world do -- I ask my friends their opinion on something: politics, religion, sports, a concert...and I take for granted the fact that this is OK.
There's something very moving about his pain, which he experiences by the notion of losing his son and grappling with what a shitty dad he maybe was, how he probably should have played it differently, how he never should have taken for granted the fact that this is his one and only heir, and just purely the love he has for the kid and the innocence that all engenders.
If a leave is granted, the fact is entered on the student's permanent academic record.
Granted, the fact that they played rugby instead of soccer itself gave them a certain reputation among the other inmates.
Macdonald simply took for granted the fact that membership in a community conferred on him a certain accredited brilliance.
The girls took for granted the fact that restaurants could be very odd, and so could amusement parks.
Most of us take for granted the fact that we recognise someone after a quick glance at their face.
I find that we sometimes take for granted the fact that these kids are not challenged as often as their peers in their daily lives.
Or else it can grant the fact that pine tar, sticky sunscreen, and other bonding agents have long been an essential tool for pitching in the majors, and therefore make some standardized use of them allowable.
