Sentence examples for understood to grant from inspiring English sources

For nearly 70 years, Article 9 was understood to grant Japan the right of self-defense at home while forbidding military action overseas.

The crown could not be understood to grant what the crown did not affect to claim, nor was it so understood.

For that reason, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said in his opinion for the court, Congress should not be understood to have granted the agency this degree of authority in the absence of a "clear statement" to that effect.

They are expected to hold meetings with senior Portuguese officers and are understood to have been granted permission to interview up to seven key suspects as well as investigate new areas of interest.

From the time of George Washington, presidents have understood Article II to grant them the authority to hire and fire all subordinate officers of the United States, and hence command their activities, even though the Constitution mentions only the power to appoint, not to remove.

Reed seeks to understand McLemore, not because we need to understand him he's not a public figure to be unmasked but because to try to understand McLemore is to grant him a kind of compassion he so clearly yearned for in the world.

Elaine said that she understood why: by refusing to grant her a job, Jesus was showing her that he wanted her to depend on him alone.

Tell your prof that you totally understand if they are unable to grant your request, but ensure that the subtext is that it's really best for everyone involved if they give you a couple extra days.

Her best-selling memoir The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World chronicles her quest to understand poverty and challenges readers to grant dignity to the poor.

But when profiling a powerful person such as Ailes -- who is not speaking on the record -- I understand the reporter's willingness to grant anonymity to someone who he feels can shed light on the subject's thinking.

It's difficult to understand why the president has been so unwilling to grant any clemency.