The freedom of the city was conferred on him in 1766.

We're going to confer on the situation and decide a course of action.

In 1865, the first student degrees were conferred on students at the school.

They'd conferred twice on the Hill, years earlier, back when the poor guy could get around.

Between 1919 and 1928 the first class was conferred on 11 persons.

He's not going to wake up one day and confer it on me.

The Court said today that policy reasons alone were not enough to confer legal standing on an agency.

The name is a local one, not formally conferred on the building.

In 1859, the first master's degree was conferred on a student.

"People have lost not only their income, but the sense of identity that work confers on them."