assent

I said nothing, which he seemed to take as assent.

Few questions were asked and assent was given to the research project.

To this at last she gave some kind of an assent.

Most of them are therefore likely to give their assent.

What we are looking at is giving assent to the Council.

He nodded assent, and did not ask for a reason.

Not to give our assent to the association agreement would have made no sense at all.

The state officials have indicated they are not ready to give their assent.

He stepped past me into the room without waiting for my assent.

The look in those eyes demanded an answer, an assent.

Without waiting for an assent, she went through the kitchen to the side door to bring in the paper.

I gave my assent to her request; and she left me.

The boy bowed his head in assent and went away.

I approached the education department and they quickly gave assent.

Only after she'd given a nod of assent did he continue.

He made a small sound between assent and a sigh.

"I will," said John, with the assent of the others not far behind.

They did not - it seems - win general assent.

But after giving it some thought, I nodded my assent.

He made a sound of assent and waved his hand toward it.

There was a chorus of assent from the men behind him.

He shook his head as the other started a quick assent.

On 3 July 1837, they had already been given the royal assent.

An offer should be made to obtain the assent of the other.

No law of the nation shall be passed without their assent.

She assented to it all rather by look than word.

She assented, and that was the turning point for me.

The bill had its third reading and was assented in October 1865.

The passed bill then got assented on 4 December 2008.

We can have no hesitation in assenting when you put the matter thus.

She would have assented to that but something made her hesitate.

To this he assented with a good deal of reluctance.

The bill was then assented to by all members of the council on the King's behalf.

You mean by assenting to imply that he who says something must say some one thing?

But they assented, given the very real security concerns that remain across much of the nation.

However, the pressures were so much that she not only assented, but went the next step.

"Until she gets to the back of the north wind," assented the lady.

We assented, and all drove up in the colonel's car.

However he eventually assented to the Council decision to retreat.

The court order issued is final, and it was assented to by all parties involved.

She wondered what it might be, but at once recalled her mind, and assented.

He assented, pouring a small heap of them into my hands.

"I know it was a strange crime," assented Brown in a low voice.

George assented with a nod, as the easiest course open to him.

She assented with an inclination of her head, smiling in return.

The bill passed parliament and was assented to on 15 January 1989.

Her mother assented, and down the street they went.

My father assented, and we all continued our walk towards the shops.

To this I assented readily, hoping that the matter was at an end.

"Just as well, probably," he assented, and they set out.