Sentence examples for received a concession from inspiring English sources

The British, French, and Americans took possession of designated areas in the city within which they were granted special rights and privileges, and the Japanese received a concession in 1895 under the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

On Friday he did not concede, saying that absentee ballots had not yet been counted, and his opponent, Chris Olechowski, 65, a Polish-American community leader in Greenpoint, said he would not claim victory until he received a concession or more definitive results.

Mr. Bush had first begun thinking of himself as the president-elect in the wee hours of Nov. 8, the day after the election, when he received a concession call from Mr. Gore and spent the next half hour preparing to walk onto a gigantic stage in downtown Austin to bask in victory.

In fact, a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research illustrates that these programs haven't been ineffective so much as unused: only 8percentt of seriously delinquent borrowers have received any form of mortgage modification and fewer than 3percentt of such borrowers received a concession on principal or interest payments from their lender.

During the 1960s, Vestfoldfly never received a concession for a regular, scheduled flight from Sandefjord to Oslo.

Førdefly never received a concession to operate scheduled services; instead it flew a daily charter flight to Bergen Airport.

"Importantly anyone who currently has a pensioner concession card will continue to receive a concession card that provides the same benefits, such as subsidised utilities and transport, bulk billing and cheaper PBS prescription medicines.

After receiving a concession call from Mr. Forrester about 10 15 p.m., Mr. Lautenberg celebrated with campaign staff members and Gov. James E. McGreevey in his hotel suite at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick.

Makudi told the paper he did not receive a concession for his part in any gas deal.

Automakers received a crucial concession that allows for a midterm review of the standards in 2021.

Though inhabited since the Neolithic era, it was officially established in 1520 by the Abu Ghosh clan, landowners of Circassian origin, who received a lucrative concession from the Ottoman Sultan to collect taxes from travelers on the Christian pilgrimage route between Jaffa and Jerusalem.