6 sentences with 'consent'
Example sentences and phrases with the word consent and other words derived from it.
• « He finally obtained the consent of the patient's mother, arguing that considerable progress had been made since the time of the first operation: there were new drugs and new ways of administering them. »
• « Butler's campaign went through years of failure and scorn before finally succeeding: the Contagious Diseases Act was repealed and the age of consent for girls was raised from twelve to sixteen. »
• « I would discuss child-rearing methods with my husband before our first child was born. I now realise that my husband and I have opposing ideas about consent, what to do when a child cries, and what is involved in holding them for long periods of time. »
• « When Parliament tried to challenge their edicts, including the king's efforts to impose taxes without Parliament's consent, Charles I suspended Parliament in 1629 and ruled without it for the next eleven years. »
• « However, this argument did not satisfy the protesters, who saw themselves as having the same right as all British subjects to avoid taxation without their consent. »
• « The Declaration, written primarily by Jefferson, included a long list of grievances against King George III and established the basis of American government as a republic in which the consent of the governed would be paramount. »