Left-handedness may have conferred prehistoric man advantages, such as in combat, say the researchers. |
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Being a duke or a count, or holding other royally conferred titles such as vir inluster or vir magnificus, were important privileges. |
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Then does the exercise of the power conferred by clause 8.5 necessitate such an addition or omission? |
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On dogwatches he conferred lengthily with the reporter, back now with the most complete report on wartime England yet made by an American. |
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The honour is being conferred in recognition of Michaels achieving high office and the exemplary discharge of his responsibilities there. |
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The degree of PhD, as I remember, is conferred on us with all the perquisites and emoluments pertaining thereto. |
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Location conferred environmental advantages and disadvantages with respect to the shifting fish stocks. |
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It is recorded that in this Gallery in 1587 she conferred the Great Seal of England on Sir Christopher Hatton, making him her Lord Chancellor. |
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Either of these dignities was often conferred by way of compliment on the emperor, who usually discharged its duties by deputy. |
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Nor, unlike that conferred by other sections, is the power delegable in any respect to any person. |
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In May 1551 the king conferred on him the archdeaconry of Exeter, and appointed him one of the six preachers of Canterbury cathedral. |
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The honour will also be conferred on John Shannon, who retired earlier this year after nearly four decades as chairman of York Civic Trust. |
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A spokesperson for Limerick City Council said the freedom of the city has never been conferred posthumously. |
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Ordination must be conferred by a court of three, containing at least one ordained member. |
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The investiture conferred titles, responsibilities, and rewards, but it also entailed obedience. |
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A judge may exercise out of court all the powers expressly conferred upon a judge as contradistinguished from the court. |
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The two CIA agents then conferred, but only parts of their conversation can be heard. |
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Chief among these is the question of whether any benefits were conferred on the generous donors. |
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The honorary degree will be conferred during commencement weekend this May. |
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It is inarguable that the amendment to Article 9 has conferred citizenship rights that are more liberal than any other EU country. |
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The clinker-built construction of overlapping planks secured by clench nails conferred great strength with flexibility. |
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Local names were conferred on several beetles found in the Papua New Guinean rainforest, which is teeming with wildlife. |
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Democracy itself requires that all public power be lawfully conferred and exercised, and of this the courts are the surety. |
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During the afternoon ceremony, master's degrees were conferred on 510 new graduates wearing brightly colored hoods denoting their major. |
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Three universities conferred upon him the title of doctor honoris causa, in 1974, 1978 and 1983, respectively. |
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Mr Prodi will be conferred with an honorary doctorate at a special ceremony in the University of Limerick in the afternoon. |
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In 1993, the University of Natal conferred an honorary doctorate on him for his services to environmental conservation. |
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At the University's fall convocation on October 25, honorary degrees will be conferred on five distinguished scholars. |
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Hers is among 21 honorary awards being conferred this year at Sheffield Hallam University's graduation ceremonies. |
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Broadcaster, author and lecturer PJ Curtis was also conferred with an honorary MA at Tuesday's ceremony. |
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His knighthood is the latest of dozens of awards and honours conferred on him. |
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Let any indifferent man judge whether this party was fit to have a licence and authority conferred upon him to keep this helly trade or no. |
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The risk conferred by other occupational and environmental carcinogens should also be emphasized at this time. |
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What I am saying is there may be a difference conceptually in placing a limitation on jurisdiction conferred by statute? |
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Access to city spaces should be guaranteed by virtue of citizenship, but it is increasingly becoming a privilege conferred by status. |
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However, it will be a patronage not conferred by canonisation and not conferred by vox populi. |
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He clearly feels the fame, of sorts, now conferred upon him is unwarranted. |
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The process induced cowpox, a mild viral disease that conferred immunity to smallpox. |
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I conferred with him where I discussed the problem with lack of disclosure from the officers. |
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The one-hundredth MSc to be awarded in the Masters in Environmental Protection programme was conferred on Stephen Wheston from Wexford. |
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It is not suggested that Byelaw 20 was itself ultra vires the powers which the primary legislation conferred upon the British Railways Board. |
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All three schemes were regulated by trust deeds or rules which conferred on the trustees wide powers of investment. |
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Third, the pension benefits in this case did not in any event arise under the contract but rather were conferred under a separate trust deed. |
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It does not matter that the offences are trivial or made under the immunity perhaps conferred by the Senate in the course of an inquiry. |
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Military heroes and the leaders of vanquished tribes often had this status conferred upon them by the ruling Inca. |
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And he declined to accept the token of recognition conferred on him by the Academy. |
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In an odd way, NYPD Blue's nude scenes, however gratuitous, conferred upon the series the maturity network TV so sorely lacks. |
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They offer none of the skills traditionally conferred by dance, such as grace, self-expression and improved confidence in ourselves. |
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The award is conferred on the basis of testimonials describing the nominee's service. |
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Should this benefit be conferred on the few at the cost of the taxpayer at large? |
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Experimental manipulations of tail length proved two decades ago that long tails in male long-tailed widowbirds conferred mating advantages. |
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Oddly enough, the benefits he conferred upon the common people had the result of weakening the aristocracy, the social class from which he came. |
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Jacqui promptly dragged me out, in nothing but a pair of argyle socks, and conferred with Rusco for a few minutes. |
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They conferred in Arabic for the right English words, and also taught me a few Arabic phrases. |
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Any clear linkage to the power and prestige of the central palatial authority would have conferred distinction. |
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That is contrary to the statute which has conferred upon it the power of rehearing and the duty to rehear and redetermine these cases. |
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I never conferred with Alison about Faye so she left alone, however Amy could read me like a book and whenever I was feeling down she'd guess it. |
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The national honours are conferred on Nigerians and foreigners who have distinguished themselves in their chosen careers and service to the country. |
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The powers that are conferred on the trustee, or manager, do not convert the unit trusts into discretionary trusts in the normal acceptation of that term. |
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When Nancy Pelosi was speaker, the gold medal was authorized for golfer Arnold Palmer and conferred by Boehner. |
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Ezeilo was conferred with a national honor of Officer of the Order of Nigeria in 2006 for her work as a human-rights defender. |
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Possession was often conceded and both sides missed kickable penalties which could have conferred a clear advantage in what was a very tight match. |
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But, while their identity as victims legitimated their cause, it also conferred on them the image of a people who had gone like lambs to the slaughter. |
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Carl heard these words from far away and though they conferred on him a feeling of complete despair they roused him briefly from his speechless stupor. |
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High risk is conferred by certain complex cyanotic congenital heart diseases, such as transposition of the great arteries and tetralogy of Fallot. |
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During the development of the prototype the team conferred with various medical and therapeutical institutions to ensure that it met medical requirements. |
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Admission into the capitoulat was a momentous event for lawyers, procureurs and merchants of the Third Estate, for in addition to authority, the post also conferred nobility. |
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After Lee flicked through magazines to find a style she liked, Aline conferred with tutor Jayne Laverick to make sure she knew how to tackle the cut. |
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Additional home visits by postnatal support workers conferred no health benefit over traditional midwifery for women, regardless of the type of delivery. |
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The media have conferred on him the image of the victimised rebel, who was transported to a penal colony as the price of his principled insubordination. |
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Were its political leaders unheroic or did its peaceful history deny them the heroic role which revolution and civil war conferred on Washington and Lincoln? |
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The effect then is that the discretion conferred by Parliament is exercised, at least in part, by the wrong authority, and the resulting decision is ultra vires and void. |
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After Doar conferred with police and protestors, the angry antagonists withdrew. |
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Students whose degrees will be conferred at the various ceremonies will have the opportunity to listen to the many honorands speak about their careers. |
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The man who led Russia through the most difficult days of his country's shift to democracy, will also be conferred with an honorary degree during his two-day trip. |
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In 2002 they led a spectacular parade through Skipton when Craven District Council conferred honorary citizenship of the district upon the regiment. |
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Before deciding to accept, he conferred with his synod council. |
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However, it also relies on the immunity from action in respect of claims brought against it by members of the armed forces conferred by the 1947 Act. |
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It was held that the defendants infringed the plaintiff's exclusive right conferred by the Copyright Act 1911 to authorise a performance of the play. |
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More important became, with the completion of the ministerial system, the notion of the conferred, or lent lands, out of which the relations of feudality developed themselves. |
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Finally, has any valuable benefit been conferred on either party? |
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Rights of access may be conferred both by the common law and by statute. |
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One of the greatest attractions of the praetorship and consulship was that they conferred imperium, which gave the bearer the right to command armies. |
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Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by section 411 those rules may contain any such provision as is specified in schedule 8 to the Act. |
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When the promoter fragment was resolved into smaller portions, further elements could be identified that conferred root, pulvinus and anther expression. |
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The award is conferred annually on eminent citizens of this textile city. |
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In fact, any such improvement conferred on the paint medium was probably due to the incorporation of driers into the oil used in the varnish production. |
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Where a rule of English criminal law unjustifiably curtails a right conferred by Community law, the domestic law is disapplied and the defendant should not be convicted. |
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So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and desecated public good which has ever been conferred on mankind. |
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This was conferred, as usual, by the Royal Commission, the members of which were Lord Cave, Lord Novar and Lord Somerleyton. |
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But though general councils have acclaimed the writings of certain Doctors, no council has actually conferred the title of Doctor of the Church. |
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This honor is one of five orders of knighthood that are conferred by the Pope. |
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Ministerial powers can be conferred by an Act of the Assembly and ministers can also exercise executive powers which are vested in the Crown. |
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Padma Awards, the country's highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. |
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It also conferred on the National Assembly some limited legislative powers. |
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With his doctrine that sovereignty is conferred by divine law, Bodin predefined the scope of the divine right of kings. |
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Proconsular imperium was conferred upon Agrippa for five years, similar to Augustus' power, in order to accomplish this constitutional stability. |
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In the same year Oxford University conferred upon him an honorary Doctorate of Letters. |
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The German Environmental Award of the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt has been conferred for the 17th time. |
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Despite their utility in research, litters produced by polyembryony lack the advantages conferred by either asexual or sexual reproduction. |
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Sunday, May 17 in Gesling Stadium on the university campus, where some 3,400 undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred. |
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Hudd postulated that Cabot named the land that he had discovered after Ameryk, from whom he received the pension conferred by the king. |
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Zwingli secretly conferred with Grebel's group and late in 1524, the council called for official discussions. |
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This statute was repealed and replaced by the Short Titles Act 1896, which conferred short titles on about 2,000 Acts. |
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Before his departure, various honours were conferred on him, including the freedom of the city of Geneva. |
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Papal delegation is usually conferred only on ecclesiastical dignitaries or canons. |
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The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament. |
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Earlier Nawab Magsi conferred degrees on passing out gradates besides awarding gold medals to the students of the varsity. |
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The Supreme Court was also conferred with jurisdiction to sit as a Court of Appeal in civil matters. |
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It was never conferred by an act of parliament, but was used in warrants of precedence and in the statutes of knightly orders. |
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It was meant to indicate new responsibilities, especially ritualistic ones, but it conferred no new statutory authority. |
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No further hereditary peerages may be conferred upon the person, but life peerages may be. |
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No further hereditary peerage may be conferred upon the person, but a life peerage may be. |
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Patrician ancestry, however, still conferred considerable prestige, and many religious offices remained restricted to patricians. |
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It seems an unwisely conferred blessing really for the Kazvini is known throughout Persia as the biggest rogue in Shiadom. |
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This lasted until the Parliament of Ireland conferred the crown of Ireland upon King Henry VIII of England during the English Reformation. |
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While two Air Commodores, seven Group Captains, five Wing Commanders have also been conferred Vayu Sena Medal for devotion to duty. |
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It will be noted that the title of Sultan was adopted partly because that of Khedive had been conferred by an Ottoman firman. |
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During the trial they conferred together amiably in whispers, continued their comradely discussions during recesses. |
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Research degrees at the master's and doctoral level are conferred in all subjects studied at graduate level at the university. |
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After degrees are approved, to have them conferred candidates must ask to their Colleges to be presented during a Congregation. |
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The Colony of Kenya and the Protectorate of Kenya each came to an end on 12 December 1963 with independence being conferred on all of Kenya. |
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In other countries, a stamp activates or acknowledges the continuing leave conferred in the passport bearer's entry clearance. |
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The rank of archbishop is conferred on some bishops who are not ordinaries of an archdiocese. |
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Test status is conferred upon a country or group of countries by the International Cricket Council. |
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The Czar has conferred upon Queen Olga, the honorary position of an admiral of the Russian fleet. |
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On 1 January 1947, Canadian citizenship was conferred on most British subjects connected with Canada. |
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In 2001, the University of York conferred an honorary degree on Barry, and in 2002 he was named an Honorary Freeman of the City of York. |
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In 1806 he was conferred the honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Glasgow. |
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The standard first degree in England, Northern Ireland and Wales is the Bachelor's degree conferred with honours. |
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Nanak conferred his choice at the town of Kartarpur on the banks of the river Ravi, where Nanak had finally settled down after his travels. |
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She has also been conferred honorary doctorates by the University of Wales and the University of Glamorgan. |
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The title Prince of Wales is nowadays always conferred along with the Earldom of Chester. |
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The title of Poet Laureate, as a royal office, was first conferred by letters patent on John Dryden in 1670, two years after Davenant's death. |
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William systematically dispossessed English landowners and conferred their property on his continental followers. |
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On 24 September 2015, the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar was conferred upon the RGP by His Worship the Mayor Adolfo Canepa. |
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On Henry's death, Edward conferred on Gaunt the second creation of the title of Duke of Lancaster, which made Gaunt, after Edward, the wealthiest landowner in England. |
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The formal status of borough came to be conferred by Royal Charter. |
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Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country at the London Conference, and the word Dominion was conferred as the country's title. |
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D programs with the University in the disciplines of psychology, history, and anthropology and all Teachers College diplomas were conferred by Columbia University. |
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Fortune conferred with Ihler and both agreed to retreat to Le Havre. |
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The degree is conferred after a successful dissertation defence. |
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In the 19th century, mines were called torpedoes, a name probably conferred by Robert Fulton after the torpedo fish, which gives powerful electric shocks. |
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After 1469, however, it was permanently united to the royal domain, although the title was occasionally conferred as an honorific upon junior members of the royal family. |
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The RPII was established in 1992 under the Radiological Protection Act 1991, which conferred on the RPII a broad remit in relation to radiological protection in Ireland. |
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Symbiotics promotes normal gut and immune system health with natural options and offers greater benefits than those conferred by probiotics alone. |
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Notwithstanding the possible advantages conferred by silicon, diatoms typically have higher growth rates than other algae of a corresponding size. |
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Tendulkar is not the first cricketer to be conferred the Order of Australia, as in 2009, West Indies legend Brian Lara had also been made an honorary member. |
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The Order of Australia was conferred on Tendulkar by visiting Australian Prime Minister Julian Gillard during her October 16 to 18 visit to India. |
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In modern times, the title may also be conferred by an organization such as the Poetry Foundation, which has a designated Children's Poet Laureate. |
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Smith has been conferred honorary degrees by the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and also Paisley, where he was installed as Chancellor in 2003 serving for 10 years. |
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Sunday, May 16 in Gesling Stadium on the university's Pittsburgh campus, where more than 3,700 undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred. |
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Burgh status conferred on its citizens the right to elect their own town councils, run their own affairs and raise their own local taxes or rates. |
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The senior intelligence office later conferred to me in a face-to-face meeting on May 9 that my name was on a hit list together with other persons. |
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The second possible source are the courts, that in enforcing all Acts of Parliament without exception, they have conferred sovereignty upon Parliament. |
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An alternative is to see sovereignty conferred by way of the repeated and unchallenged use of sovereignty through the promulgation of laws by Parliament. |
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The King's Birthday, which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published. |
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Nobility might be either inherited or conferred by a fons honorum. |
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This law conferred the Chequers Estate owned by Sir Arthur and Lady Lee, as a gift to the Crown for use as a country home for future Prime Ministers. |
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Historically a knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. |
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Additional functions can be conferred on the President by law. |
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City status in the United Kingdom is conferred by letters patent. |
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It conferred on the Assembly legislative powers similar to other devolved legislatures through the ability to pass Assembly Measures concerning matters that are devolved. |
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The loathly lady pulls aside the bedcurtain, revealing herself transformed into a beautiful and true wife for having had her sovereigntee conferred by her husband and lord. |
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After three days, unable to persuade his men to back down, Alexander gave Persians command posts in the army and conferred Macedonian military titles upon Persian units. |
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The bull conferred exclusive trading rights to the Portuguese between Morocco and the Indies with the rights to conquer and convert the inhabitants. |
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The last title was conferred on 12 November 1918 to Kurt von Klefeld. |
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Delegation for one matter can also be conferred upon several. |
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The Charter conferred no legislative power on the Governor and Council of Prince of Wales' Island or, indeed, on any other individual or institution. |
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Cornwall was the first dukedom conferred within the Kingdom of England. |
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Queen Elizabeth II conferred the title of Master of the Queen's Music onto Davies despite his outspoken antimonarchist views, and correspondingly as an atheist. |
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The legal classifications imposed upon every individual in the Company possessions determined their position in society and conferred restraints upon their actions. |
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In 732, Boniface traveled again to Rome to report, and Pope Gregory III conferred upon him the pallium as archbishop with jurisdiction over Germany. |
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Upon this unfortunate, with the touch of romance which marked many of her proceedings, Lady Derby had conferred the name of Fenella, after some ancient princess of the island. |
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Two isolates were conferred high level vancomycin and teicoplanin resistance and were found to be susceptible to linezolid and quinupristin-dalfopristin. |
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The totally responsive, extremely user friendly and easy to navigate website has also been conferred with a Seal of Approval by the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association. |
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