Which preposition to use with sanction

of Occurrences 474%

I wondered to see men submit to such indignity; but was told that the custom had the sanction of time; that these boys were brought up in the church, and were regularly trained to this business.

to Occurrences 51%

But there existed a strong national anti-Austrian party, who, as they had worshipped Pio Nono (Pius IX) when he "blessed Italy" and the banners that the Romans bore upward to the "Holy War," now execrated him inasmuch as he had withdrawn his sanction to that war and had blessed the Croats and the Austrians who were butchering the Italians in the north.

for Occurrences 36%

The executioner attended him obsequiously; but this athletic savage, though trained to acts of cruelty, and conscious he had a legal sanction for the barbarous violence he had exerted, could not behold without shuddering the meek and gentle Missionary of Compassion.

in Occurrences 26%

"Due process of law" means that there are certain fundamental principles of liberty, not defined or even enumerated in the Constitution, but having their sanction in the free and enlightened conscience of just men, and that no man can be deprived of life, liberty, or property, except in conformity with these fundamental decencies of liberty.

from Occurrences 19%

He promised to obtain sanction from his army commander to act on my left flank, but said that his horses were too tired to move before the next day.

by Occurrences 13%

I am happy that a disputed succession no longer distracts our minds; and that a monarchy, established by law, is now so sanctioned by time, that we can fully indulge those feelings of loyalty which I am ambitious to excite.

with Occurrences 7%

The latter gave his sanction with an ancestral device which showed a dog bending forward from the prow of a ship.

on Occurrences 4%

On June 24th I wrote to the Secretary of the Admiralty, asking for £100 for the present year, which after the usual enquiries and explanations was sanctioned on Aug. 29th.

as Occurrences 3%

Under these circumstances the first treaties, in 1785 and 1790, with the Cherokees, were concluded by the Government of the United States, and were evidently sanctioned as measures of necessity adapted to the character of the Indians and indispensable to the peace and security of the western frontier.

among Occurrences 2%

The Puritan line of doctrine, though it could claim much sanction among the divines of the Reformationthe Latitudinarian idea, though it had the countenance of famous names and powerful intellectsnever could aspire to the special title of Church theology.

during Occurrences 2%

In closing this communication it only remains for me to assure the Legislature of my continued earnest wish for the adoption of measures recommended by me heretofore and yet to be acted on by them, and of the cordial concurrence on my part in every constitutional provision which may receive their sanction during the session tending to the general welfare.

into Occurrences 2%

In Absalom and Achitophel (by Dryden and Tate) he is called "Amri." Sincere was Amri, and not only knew, But Israel's sanctions into practice drew; Our laws, that did a boundless ocean seem, Were coasted all, and fathomed all by him ... To whom the double blessing doth belong, With Moses' inspiration, Aaron's tongue.

than Occurrences 2%

The faith of the Mussulman is a better sanction than the seal of the European Diplomats and plenipotentiaries.

behind Occurrences 1%

Training"askêsis"with either death, or the loss of all that makes honourable life, as the ultimate sanction behind the process, that is the present preoccupation of this nation in arms.

under Occurrences 1%

We have been asked to admit, first, that it was a necessary evil; then that it was a good both to master and slave; then that it was the corner-stone of free institutions; then that it was a system divinely instituted under the Old Law and sanctioned under the New.

at Occurrences 1%

I, therefore, suppose, that the wisdom and justice of our ministers has comprehended them in the sixteen thousand who are to fatten upon British pay, and that Hanover will support the Pragmatick sanction at the cost of this inexhaustible nation.

without Occurrences 1%

You shall not be disappointed in your expectations, and this marriage shall have my sanction without delay.

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