Confers Sentence Examples

It confers the nobiliary particle von.

The city confers the title of marquis on the Osorio family, the ruins of whose palace, sacked in 1810 by the French, are still an object of interest.

In all cases canonical institution (which confers ecclesiastical jurisdiction) is reserved to the pope or the bishops.

It' may be remarked that neither of these acts confers on the Board of Trade any power to inspect a railway after it has once been opened, unless and until some addition or alteration, such as is defined in the last-named act, has been made.

A grant or reservation of mines in general terms confers, or reserves, a right to work the mines, subject to the obligation of leaving a reasonable support to the surface as it exists at the time of the grant or reservation.

First, in chapters i.-iii., under the mask of a conventional congratulatory paragraph, the writer declares at length the privileges which this great fact confers upon those who by faith receive the gift of God, and he is thus able to touch on the various aspects of his subject.

On the other hand, sanctity of life on the part of the minister is not necessary in order to the validity of the sacraments which he confers, although this was held to be the case by the Donatists in the 4th century, and following them by the Waldensians and Albigenses in the 12th, and by the followers of Hus and Wycliffe in the 14th.

Most natural waters contain it dissolved in carbonic acid; this confers "temporary hardness" on the water.

Dividing what the irreconcilables of the Hildebrandine party considered as an indissoluble whole, they made a sharp distinction between the property of the Church and the Church itself, between the political and territorial power of the bishops and their religious authority, and between the feudal investiture which confers lands and jurisdiction and the spiritual investiture which confers ecclesiastical rights.

A simple illustration will serve to explain these two aspects of mimicry and to show the advantage in the struggle for existence that mimicry confers upon the species concerned.

The state polytechnic school at Delft (1864) for the study of engineering in all its branches, architecture and naval construction, has a nominal course of four years, and confers the degree of " engineer."

The effect of the abnormal conditions is probably to stop the production of, or weaken or destroy the protective enzymes or antitoxins, the presence of which normally confers immunity on the leaf.

Matthew also uses the Marcan narrative, but adds to it a new section from some other source which suggests that the name of Peter was conferred on this occasion - not, as Mark says, at the first mission of the Twelve - and confers on him the keys of the kingdom of heaven and the right of binding and loosing.

The point is important with reference to the question whether the naturalization of the father in the United Kingdom confers the character of British subjects on his children afterwards born abroad.

This, in accordance with the wider view of the effect of naturalization in the United Kingdom, may mean that naturalization in pursuance of a colonial law confers the full character of a British subject, only without removing disabilities, such as that to hold land, under which the naturalized person may have lain as an alien in any other British possession.

In Germany, Austria and Italy no period of residence is prescribed, while in Austria a ten years' residence confers per se the rights of citizenship. In the United States an alien desiring to be naturalized must declare on oath his intention to become a citizen of the United States; two years afterwards must declare on oath his intention to support the constitution of the United States and renounce allegiance to every foreign power, including that of which he was before a subject; must prove residence in the United States for five years, and in the state where his application is made for one year, as a good citizen; and must renounce any title of nobility.

The antitoxic serum when injected enttinoxic previously to the toxin also confers immunity (passive) against it; when injected after the toxin it has within certain limits a curative action, though in this case its dose requires to be large.

Higher education is provided by the University of Idaho, established in 1899 at Moscow, Latah county, which confers degrees in arts, science, music and engineering, and offers free tuition.

In its present form the constitution confers suffrage upon every male citizen of the United States who is twenty-one years of age or over and has resided in the state six months and in his township or ward twenty days immediately preceding an election; and any woman may vote in an election involving the direct expenditure of public money or the issue of bonds if she have the qualifications of male electors and if she have property assessed for taxes in any part of the district or territory affected by the election in question.

As a consequence, a comparatively slow and very limited movement at the root confers great range and immense speed at the tip, the speed of each portion of the wing increasing as the root of the wing is receded from.

The excessive multiplication of the title has tended to deprive it of much social value in itself, and under the democratic constitution of Italy it confers neither power nor precedence.

But what, in the opinion of most modern Moslems, and especially the Persians, confers the greatest sanctity on the day of Ashoora is the fact of its being that on which El-Hoseyn, the prophet's grandson, was slain a martyr at the battle of the plain of Karbala."

Athene confers the advantages of these methods without requiring any mathematical knowledge.

Cocaine is still seen as the upmarket club and sex drug of choice and its use confers social cachet and respectability on its users.

The Chancellor presides at the annual meeting of the University Court and formally confers degrees but has no other statutory duties.

Where a provision confers absolute exemption, the public interest in disclosure need not be considered.

A further one million people receive water which is naturally fluoridated at a lower level, but which still confers some dental benefit.

This confers resistance to four biotypes of the pest.

Willie himself is perhaps the closest the Scottish theater has ever come to the kind of secular sainthood McIlvanney confers upon Docherty.

The a subunit is common to all three hormones and the b subunit confers specificity of binding.

It was thus an effective compromise between the solar year and the lunar month, and contrasts very favorably with the intricate and clumsy years of other ancient systems. The leap-year of the Julian and Gregorian calendars confers the immense benefit of a fixed correspondence to the seasons which the Egyptian year did not possess, but the uniform length of the Egyptian months is enviable even now.

Under cover of obtaining help of this kind for another, which from pride he would never accept for himself, he kept in touch with the circle which confers success and which attracted him.

Section 50 confers on the patient or the patient 's named person a right to apply to the Tribunal for revocation of the certificate.

The ability to cover long distances on trackless hills at speed, irrespective of weather, confers on you a great freedom.

Holding on to your startup company for a long time also confers the benefit of compounding.

Garlic confers many health benefits and is safe to add to cooked foods such as tomato sauce if your child will eat it.

In general, however, the consensus is that fish oil is safe for most people and confers health benefits.

It is an essential nutrient that confers vital health benefits to your body.

In adults, severe vitamin D deficiency results in osteomalacia, which confers both weakness of bones and of the muscles.

Meditation confers many benefits, especially for people who seek to develop or discern their psychic abilities.

Clearly, physical activity confers a whole host of health benefits that can make your heart pump more efficiently and your body perform more effectively.

The seeds are pollinated with 'dust', and it was only when the Mulefa 'discovered the wheel' that they became sentient - dust, it seems, confers a mind on the beings who are symbiotic with it.

For many fire stations around the country, to become a member of an honor guard confers just as much honor on those who serve, as well as those who are served by their presence.

On this theory colour is regarded as due to the presence of a " chromophore," and dyeing power to an " auxochrome "; the latter by itself cannot produce colour or dyeing power, but it is only active in the presence of a chromophore, when it intensifies the colour and confers the property of dyeing.