6 sentences with 'approved'
Example sentences and phrases with the word approved and other words derived from it.
• « The city council had just approved an award for a Filipino boxer who a few days earlier had won a silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics. As the athlete had apparently refused to accept the money, the newspaper proposed a solution. »
• « Subsequently, the government created a Plebeian Council to represent the needs of the plebeians, approved the right of marriage between patricians and plebeians, banned debt slavery, and finally agreed that of the two consuls elected each year, one should be a plebeian. »
• « Italy itself held out until 476, when an Ostrogothic ("Eastern Gothic") warlord named Odoacer deposed the last emperor and declared himself king of Italy; the Roman emperor of Constantinople (who had little choice) approved Odoacer's authority in Italy in return for a nominal pledge of allegiance. »
• « In 1542 Pope Paul III approved the creation of a permanent branch of the Church dedicated to controlling Protestantism: the Holy Office, better known as the Inquisition. »
• « Charles imposed taxes and tariffs that were not approved by parliament, which was technically illegal, and then forced wealthy subjects to lend to the crown at very low interest rates. »
• « Towards the end of the Napoleonic period, the Spanish representative assembly, the Cortes, approved a liberal constitution. »