Sentence examples for move to grant from inspiring English sources

He unsuccessfully opposed a move to grant detectives tenure after six years, arguing that it would cause complacency.

Bridge added that the other Bloody Sunday families would oppose any move to grant amnesties to the soldiers.

Mr. Cameron said it was an issue for the independent prosecution service and made no mention of any government move to grant the soldiers indemnity.

They fear that a move to grant broadcasters the international rights to external commissions would deprive their sector of a valuable revenue stream.

From other sources The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal both cover Unesco's move to grant Palestine full membership — the first United Nations agency to do so — despite U.S. threats to cut off its funding.

At NATO's summit in Bucharest, Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, led the resistance to an American-led move to grant the two countries the next step to membership known as the Membership Action Plan (MAP).

Spain is moving to grant basic legal rights to apes.

The president has opposed moves to grant greater autonomy anywhere, let alone to the north.

But some industry groups have resisted moves to grant greater authority to FERC.

Secondly, the US Agency for International Development is now moving to grant more contracts to private firms instead of NGOs.

The Prime Minister insisted he supported enlargement but said Britain is "not currently supporting" moves to grant Albania "candidate status".