Sentence examples for the practice of granting from inspiring English sources

The board on Monday also announced that it was abandoning the practice of granting lifetime tenure.

The practice of granting "personal" D ranks to senior P-5 personnel is not uncommon in the Agency.

It is looking at ways of making aid conditional on such appointments, and on ending the practice of granting amnesties to well-connected crooks.

He caused a stir in the summer of 2006 when he said the practice of granting stock options to executives ahead of news certain to increase the share price did not constitute insider trading.

Two weeks ago, one of the most important Republican lawyers in Sacramento quietly filed a ballot initiative that would end the practice of granting all fifty-five of California's electoral votes to the statewide winner.

The Anti-Masons left two legacies: the practice of granting to each state delegation a number of votes equal to the size of its delegation in the Electoral College, and the rule by which a nomination requires a three-quarters vote.

Under the Royal Assent Act 2002, however, the alternative practice of granting assent in writing, with each house being notified separately, was brought into force.

Since the 1990s, however, controversy has arisen over the longstanding practice of granting automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants, and legal scholars disagree over whether the Wong Kim Ark precedent applies when alien parents are in the country illegally.

He returned to the ancient practice of granting licences to retain liveried followers and installed Lord Lieutenants that represented the central government and were to keep ready small bands of cavalry.

That's a step in the right direction, but such public crowing masks the commission's practice of granting secret exemptions over the years.

After 1765, Royal Assent was at first signified by letter from the Secretary of State to the governor; but, during the British Regency, the practice began of granting Royal Assent by Order in Council, which continues to this day, though limited to exceptional cases since 1981.