Sentence examples for needed to grant from inspiring English sources

They only needed to grant them "special mission" status and thus immunity from prosecution, even for war crimes.

The electronic vote runs until Thursday, with a two-thirds majority needed to grant the 30-member board the authority to dissolve the union.

If Justice Thomas withdrew, leaving only seven justices to hear an appeal, four votes would be needed to grant a stay of execution.

Republican and Democratic vote counters in favor of the bill said they were within a vote or two of their targets needed to grant Beijing permanent normal trading relations and give President Clinton a crowning foreign policy triumph.

In 2007, the court could not muster the four votes needed to grant review in the case of Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen subjected to torture in a secret overseas prison.

It has committed town-owned land and the cooperation of its municipal departments, and has speeded the approval processes needed to grant the higher-density zoning required for affordable developments.

The commission already has all the power it needs to grant exemptions where necessary.

This timetable has its problems, and the Obama administration will probably need to grant some more temporary exemptions.

When a song is created based wholly on any of our writers works, those writers need to grant their permission.

Mr. Bromwich's agency will still need to grant BP permits before the company can drill the new wells, which are expected to be at a water depth of just over 6,000 feet.

Meanwhile, Congress needs to grant the F.D.A. whatever additional powers it deems necessary to inspect the pharmacies, monitor their sales and judge the safety or effectiveness of their products.