Sentence examples for was acceding to from inspiring English sources

The judge said he was acceding to a request from the defence only because he had been informed that Mr Nadir had a hearing difficulty.

He was acceding to a justice ministry request that followed his announcement that he would not resign or step down temporarily.

The Palestinians said that Yasir Arafat, their leader, was acceding to a request presented him by President Clinton in Washington last week.

By closing off this important avenue to state courts to women, Mr. Walker was acceding to the lobbying demands of business groups, including hotel and restaurant trade groups that employ large numbers of women in low-paying jobs and do not wish their wage scale to be challenged in court.

His cautionary comments were the first time anyone in the administration had acknowledged officially that it was acceding to a request by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to delay completion of the "road map" proposal, which is actually a seven-page document being drafted by the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.

The dumb thing was acceding to a telephone offer recruiting her to be a contestant on Fox's stunt show in the first place, figuring that the only prize she would get out of it was a free weeklong trip to Las Vegas, where the program was shot.

The term 'drip torture' was used (by themselves) to describe the tenacity with which the leadership of the programme sought financial support, courteously stalking the PCT over a sustained period until their request was acceded to.

In so doing, the Brotherhood is acceding to arguments for greater collaboration and openness that have been for years advanced by its more liberal leaders.

Their collective story is an enduring reminder that human beings always have a choice, even when millions were acceding to unspeakable evil.

Others are acceding to a wave of roommate requests from students who use unrestricted sites like URoomSurf, and others have created Facebook pages to help students share information.

As for the Taliban, it seems unlikely that Mr. Obama will be acceding to its call for American troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.