Which preposition to use with granting

of Occurrences 569%

A grant of $2,000 has been made by the province of British Columbia for opening it.

to Occurrences 399%

Having made all arrangements, Nelson went down to his cabin and wrote this prayer: "May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!

in Occurrences 159%

This utterance naturally excited only contempt and disgust; and the ever-arriving news of new constitutions granted in Germany swelled the enthusiasm which had been roused by Kossuth's speech.

for Occurrences 120%

"Ladies and gentlemen," continued the officer, "official permission has been granted for taking a flashlight photograph of the scene to-night.

of Occurrences 83%

The French Parliament fairly early in the war, with that gross lack of discrimination and of military understanding habitual to politicians, insisted on the granting of leave every three months to all ranks in all theatres of war.

from Occurrences 54%

Too often a political office was granted from a pocket borough in which a restricted electorate could be bought at a trifling expense.

on Occurrences 45%

] Still larger bands of Indians used to make extensive hunts upon some dominant mountain much frequented by the sheep, such as Mount Grant on the Wassuck Range to the west of Walker Lake.

at Occurrences 38%

"Oh, let me now my sins recount, And grant at last Into thy presence I may mount, And thou, dear mother, think not of my past. "Let not the fiend with fears affright

as Occurrences 36%

A was appointed to investigate whether the territory should be granted as a state.

with Occurrences 24%

" "'Tis granted with all my heart!"

unto Occurrences 20%

"Sweet lord," quoth Beltane, "noble messire Pertolepe, of thy boundless mercyof thy tender ruth grant unto me this boon.

without Occurrences 17%

We cannot deny this grant without acting in opposition to our late professions of supporting his majesty in his endeavours to maintain the Pragmatick sanction, and of assisting him to defend his foreign dominions from any injuries to which those endeavours should expose them; for how can he without forces defend his dominions, or assist his ally?

by Occurrences 13%

In truth, if the case for instant emancipation was strong everywhere, it was in no quarter half so strong as in the Mauritius; and the distribution of the grant by Parliament to this Colony was the most unjustifiable, and even incomprehensible.

under Occurrences 8%

A lease granted by a tenant for life before he is properly in possession, is void in law; for, although a court of equity, according to Lord St. Leonards, will, "by force of its own jurisdiction, support a bonâ fide lease, granted under a power which is merely erroneous in form or ceremonies," and the 12 & 13 Vict.

than Occurrences 8%

"What is it, child," I asked, "which you think the stranger of another world more likely to grant than one of your own race, and which is so extravagant, nevertheless, that you tremble to ask it even from me?

after Occurrences 8%

The admission of Missouri as a slaveholding State, granted after a struggle that shook American society to the centre, and then only on the memorable promises now broken to the ear as well as to the hope, was the next vantage-ground seized and maintained.

before Occurrences 4%

"Well," he said, and with the air of brushing aside what was taken for granted before considering more doubtful issues, "of course we win!"

through Occurrences 4%

At sight of him who had shambled so taken-for-granted through all of her girlhood, such a trembling seized hold of Hanna de Long that she turned off down Amboy Street, making another wide detour to avoid a group on the Koerner porch, finally approaching Second Street from the somewhat straggly end of it farthest from the station.

to Occurrences 3%

Favor the granting to the submerged poor a more favorable opportunity to help themselves.

among Occurrences 3%

It was taken for granted among her acquaintances, and probably was one of the qualities that endeared her to them most, that dear Lady Everard was generally positive and always wrong.

during Occurrences 3%

A man who had employed his money in building, planting, or other improvements, expected to reap the fruits of his labour or expense: hence they were next granted during a term of years.

into Occurrences 2%

But it was far easier for the emperor to accede to this request than for his favorite to put the grant into effect.

until Occurrences 2%

But even where a great deal turns on some individual object, the detailed arrangements of the scene may in most cases be taken for granted until a late stage in its working out.

along Occurrences 2%

Then, as they lighted their cigars, he inquired, "What army corps were you with, Colonel?" "I was under Grant along the Tennessee," replied the old G.A.R. man.

over Occurrences 2%

A triumph was granted over the Aequans.

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