Sentence examples for town granted from inspiring English sources

The bishopric was suppressed and the town granted to Brandenburg by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.

He bought 21.5 acres in Roxbury, and last September the town granted him approval to build five homes.

Building a nontraditional structure in a place where life hasn't changed much in decades could have presented a problem, but the town granted permission.

In 1982 the New York State Legislature, worried that the Knicks and Rangers might leave town, granted the Garden a tax abatement that last year alone saved the Dolans $16.5 million, according to the New York City Independent Budget Office.

The French kings, realizing the strategic importance of the town, granted it numerous privileges; when it was occupied by the English during the Hundred Years' War, the inhabitants expelled them at the first opportunity, in 1435.

* A brewing war between Sudan and South Sudan: On April 10th, forces from the newly independent state of South Sudan occupied the oil center of Heglig, a town granted to Sudan as part of a peace settlement that allowed the southerners to secede in 2011.

In June 2006, the state's highest court ruled against the town, granting the order's request.

Orhan Pamuk contemplates William Allan's nasty The Slave Market, Constantinople and cedes his home town, granting the painter an equal right to "conjure up" the city.

Records of burghs, small towns granted legal privileges from the crown, can be found from the eleventh century.

Ms. Levin and Mrs. King have pleaded their case to the selectmen at two town meetings, and the town has granted Ms. Levin more time to try to find a solution.

Should the town grant Mr. Kushner's request, Mr. Lee said, he and other environmentalists would like to see the new 10-space parking area added to the eight spaces now on Pullman Avenue.