The most sought-after expression of patronage was a grant of land, conferring both wealth and status. |
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He remained on the bridge, constantly conferring with the officer of the deck as the events on the surface unfolded. |
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He made his translation, not conferring with anyone, and brought it to the weekly meeting of the company. |
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For example the scenes of Bobby's grandmother conferring with the psychic at around 70 minutes is very finely detailed. |
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They seemed to be conferring amongst themselves, even though they didn't speak aloud. |
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I find nothing more satisfying than quietly conferring with other nations to develop a proposal that improves species conservation. |
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But the fight was stopped by the referee, after conferring with the ringside physician, at the conclusion of the round. |
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After conferring with flight controllers and three doctors who happened to be on board, the pilot decided to land in Newfoundland's capital. |
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He began in Tibetan but quickly switched to English, often conferring with his eloquent translator to confirm his use of words. |
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Sprague and Clauss were conferring quietly, while glancing nervously through the window. |
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Then there arises the question of the seemliness of conferring titles of martyrdom on the victims. |
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The payment had the effect of conferring a preference, priority or advantage on those creditors over the other creditors. |
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They didn't appear to hear her, but were actually conferring in some sort of huddle, weapons and all. |
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Data were collected to identify genetic variants conferring susceptibility to Crohn's disease. |
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Other, less prestigious ennobling offices required two generations to serve in office before conferring transmissible nobility. |
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Newly elected ministers invariably choose to regard an election victory as conferring a mandate on their policies. |
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A Newtown native of the engineering class at University College Dublin received a special award at the recent conferring. |
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Marguerite Norton stood to her right, conferring air kisses and compliments. |
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Shakespeare fixed the idea of fairies, consigning some fairies forever to the dustheap and conferring immortality on his own creations. |
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Antonio burst out of the lift, pushing past me and hurrying out with Chase, the two of them conferring rapidly. |
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He was canonized by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297, his sanctity conferring immense prestige on the Capetian dynasty. |
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He had been talking with some of the other passengers and conferring with them as well. |
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On the contrary, I shall be a gainer by conferring an obligation in another quarter, not a pecuniary obligation of course. |
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The classmate kills himself and Evan is wrongly identified as that boy's friend, conferring brief celebrity. |
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Time for conferring and sharing their work with the teacher and their peers is critical. |
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Genes conferring resistance to insecticides are more accessible to genetic study than genes involved in parasite refractoriness. |
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All these observations suggest that YB-1 is directly involved in DNA repair and is important in conferring drug resistance of tumor cells. |
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Throughout this exchange, Arlene and the little woman were conferring. |
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Judges watch the debate, then immediately vote on the winner before conferring. |
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This authorisation shall not expire upon death or loss of legal capacity of the person conferring the authorisation. |
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An agreement conferring jurisdiction shall be expressed in writing and signed by both spouses at the latest at the time the court is seised. |
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There is no use in conferring powers if the means to use them are not there. |
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Autorisation to issue equity or securities conferring the right to acquire equity directly or indirectly. |
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They are always conferring with each other and chuckling away in a nice little group there, but it is a group that people are going to see as part of a failed Government. |
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The Accolade was a ceremony anciently used in conferring knighthood. |
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After conferring with the huge arrival board near the wall of windows, she looked over to the crowd of reporters and camera crews surrounding the door. |
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If the agreement contemplates the conferring of a benefit on the informer, that benefit should be conferred before he or she testifies. |
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Pinault, gray-flannelled and black-shoed, was conferring at the next-door table with an adviser, Philippe Segalot. |
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However, this prayer is not a sacramental form for conferring the episcopacy. |
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The Academy has drawn up plans to celebrate the Silver jubilee in a fitting manner and the conferring of achievement awards are a step in this direction. |
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By being made superscript, any IPA letter may function as a diacritic, conferring elements of its articulation to the base letter. |
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The university itself is responsible for conducting examinations and conferring degrees. |
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The petition was refused as, unlike St Davids, there was no evidence of any charter or letters patent in the past conferring the status. |
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There were groups of men self-importantly conferring. |
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With the conferring of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the European Design Prize for 1997, the European Commission honored the company's overall achievements and confirmed bulthaup's role as the industry's pacesetter. |
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Perhaps, Commissioner, on behalf of the Commission, you will be so kind as to tell us whether, when you table fresh proposals, you intend to take your time conferring with all parties involved beforehand. |
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On the other side of the coin, unfortunately, when the concept of empowerment was first introduced into government culture, it was sometimes perceived as conferring the right to break the rules. |
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However, a discussion on conferring leasing rights for both legal entities and individuals has been engaged. However, most of the leasing companies refuse to deal with individuals because of the high nonpayment risk. |
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What we are concerned with is conducting parliamentary discussion and carrying out scrutiny on behalf of the citizens of Europe and thereby conferring greater legitimacy and public recognition on agreements. |
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The window corbels, the ashlar work of the main doors and the quoins in pietra serena contrast with the white colour of the façade, conforming to typical 16 C taste and conferring great elegance upon the structure as a whole. |
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Equipment of technological reference, lenses with exclusive colors rights and mountings in aluminum treated with three different procedures, conferring shininess and perception of unique quality. |
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It is designed in such a way as to penalise disadvantageous practices and reward those that favour district development, by conferring a seal of approval. |
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At a meeting yesterday with representatives of Syngenta, officials of the European Commission were informed that Bt10 included the gene conferring resistance to the antibiotic ampicillin. |
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In the minds of far too many men the conferring of power and thus control remains the natural product of biological and other determinative factors. |
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This move failing, he worked unceasingly for an amendment conferring power to raise revenue and wrote an eloquent address adjuring the states to avert national disintegration by ratifying the submitted article. |
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Universal easy chair with carefully studied lines conferring lots of personality to any ambience where used. This is why it is ideal for spacious lobbies as well as special waiting areas. |
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The actors involved in the education field have specific characteristics and a social position conferring different potentials for action and different competencies on each of them. |
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They are all different cases being investigated on suspicion of governments conferring state aid or hidden subsidies on big firms with operations in their countries. |
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Regarding legal capacity, he noted that the German Parliament had approved legislation conferring legal capacity on the Board but that the final steps have yet to be concluded. |
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However, the Company may not acquire units or shares conferring voting rights that enable it to exercise significant influence over the management of a feeder fund. |
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From this principled opposition to executive offices of the bourgeois state flows the fact that Marxists cannot run for such posts without risking conferring legitimacy upon them in the eyes of the workers. |
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Except as may be expressly provided, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under copyright or other intellectual property rights. |
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Shares conferring the same entitlements shall constitute one class. |
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The Minister of Justice issues the interested party with a certified copy of the law conferring the naturalisation for use as a document of title. |
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The treatment seemed to improve the Hb and PCV values of the treated WAD goats thereby conferring on them the strength to feed. |
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Amidst the clomps of oncoming horses, he could now hear men's low, conferring voices. |
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Higher ordination, conferring the status of a full Bhikkhu, is given only to men who are aged 20 or older. |
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Without conferring with his British ministers, George stationed them in Hanover to prevent enemy French troops from marching into the electorate. |
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Linesmen are responsible for indicating the direction of line balls to the referee and also for conferring with the referee. |
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In 1967 the Institute of American Architects voted Cumbernauld the world's best new town conferring the Reynold's Memorial Award. |
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The dispute was resolved by Robert II's Royal Charter of 8 April 1372 conferring Royal Burgh status. |
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The approving order in council is not approved by both Houses of Parliament like the Orders in Council conferring power to the Assembly. |
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Various countries are conferring about how to solve that problem. |
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It had the effect, along with the Welsh translation of the Book of Common Prayer, of conferring status on Welsh as a liturgical language and a vehicle for worship. |
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Medical schools are responsible for conferring medical degrees, but a physician typically may not legally practice medicine until licensed by the local government authority. |
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In 2009, the UK government stated that it had no plans to ratify Protocol 4 because of concerns that those articles could be taken as conferring that right. |
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The leader of 602nd Commando Company on Estancia Mountain realised his position had become untenable and after conferring with fellow officers ordered a withdrawal. |
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