Granting

Examples

• This bank was more liberal than any other had ever been, both in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Granting that to be the right reading of the riddle, it accounted, perhaps, for her flighty, self-conceited manner when she passed me in the hall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To the astonishment of my clerk, I at once decided on granting an interview to the gentleman below. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was not granting time for composure to her only, I was gaining time also for myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But this increase of rent could be got only by granting leases to their tenants, who thereby became, in a great measure, independent of them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Even granting that it was as you have had in your thoughts, what the two had done together would come familiar to the mind of one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• By a feudal law, the vassal could not alienate without the consent of his superior, who generally extorted a fine or composition on granting it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• By its liberality in granting cash-accounts, and in discounting bills of exchange, it, no doubt, issued great quantities of its bank notes. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• No, paternalism is not dependable, granting that it is desirable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Or let us suppose that the argument is about granting votes to women. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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