6 sentences with 'approve'
Example sentences and phrases with the word approve and other words derived from it.
• « Pompey returned in 67 BC and asked the Senate to approve land grants to his loyal soldiers for his service, a request the Senate refused because it feared his power and influence with so many soldiers loyal to him rather than to the Republic. »
• « Different forms of representative bodies of the nobility, the church and (typically) the cities had the right to approve new taxes; »
• « Parliament's traditional right was to approve or reject taxes, but an open question in the early 17th century was whether it also had the right to make laws. »
• « De Gaulle narrowly survived the assassination attempts and was forced to approve a new constitution that gave considerable new powers to the office of president. »
• « After more than a year of discussions and delays, the National Congress is expected to approve funding for the plan this year. »
• « Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation in 1777, but did not officially approve them until 1781. The four-year delay illustrates the difficulty of getting the thirteen states to agree on a national plan of government. »