Sentence examples for privilege several from inspiring English sources

Though the tale is untrue de Courcy was never made an earl and did not receive such a privilege —several authorities on the peerage have seen fit to repeat it.

In a setback for the Clinton administration, the House Democratic leader, Richard A. Gephardt, intends to oppose granting China permanent normal trading privileges, several people familiar with his decision said today.

Having the privilege of several great mentors throughout my career has been priceless.

While temporally weak, Sergius was particularly noted for his aid to the poor and for granting privileges to several monasteries.

It also allowed traffic to flow on a main artery in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than a month, and it reinstated travel privileges for several Palestinian V.I.P.'s.

The writer, worried about maintaining his high-status privileges in several airline programs, said he was planning to take 15,000 extra miles in leisure travel to qualify for at least a Premier Executive ranking next year on United Airlines, though he added that he didn't see much possibility of flying enough to retain his current status at United's most elite 1-K level.

(Walk also ended up with tweeting privileges for several celebrities' accounts via Twitter's API, but that's another story).

The incidents you cite all concern children of privilege, judging from several of the schools mentioned.

FEW Clinton White House officials have had the license Mr. Sosnik had to speak truth to the president, a privilege earned over several years of giving sound advice.

A few years ago, I read in this newspaper about a California wine "country club" that charges a $140,000 initiation fee for the privilege of harvesting several rows of Napa grapes.

Personally, I have had the privilege to watch several international collaborative ventures in information technology development flourish.