"confirmation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Geoffrey was unable to leave York because of disturbances within the cathedral clergy, and Simon managed to secure papal confirmation as Dean of York.
- William then traveled to Rome to secure confirmation of his election, which was disputed.
- After repeated entreaties, he finally managed to secure confirmation in his post from the Umayyad Caliph Marwan II.
- On the Tower nomination, the Administration could turn up the heat in the hope of securing confirmation.
- Customary gifts to the popes - the hidden income - were made by archbishops, bishops, and abbots on visits to Rome to secure confirmation.
- To counter a last attempt by Austria to get an agreement, Vergennes was sent to the Palatine in January 1753 where he secured confirmation that they would stick to France's strategy.
- In 1416 he was elected Archbishop of Armagh but failed to secure confirmation in time.
- He went to France to secure confirmation from the Pope at Avignon, who authorised his consecration.
- Despite the Senate Judiciary Committee's slim two-vote margin in his favor, Brandeis secured confirmation by a comfortable 47-to-22 margin and became one of the Court's greatest justices.
- Finally, as regards the financing questions, the EU took a leading role in securing confirmation of the Rio targets.
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