Did fate never grant a full measure?
That would grant liars and their lies a measure of power.
Jews are granted a measure of communal autonomy, and Jewish communities grow across the country from the 13th century.
The agreement also grants a measure of administrative autonomy to the north and east, where the guerrillas had sought a separate state.
Age had refined her features and granted her a measure of elegance despite her rural life.
Hartmann granted the town a measure of freedom and self-government.
I must grant myself a small measure of grace, however.
Even so, the argument must be granted a measure of plausibility, at least at the theoretical level.
Towns do sometimes grant a certain measure of recognition to such areas, using highway signs that identify them as "villages", for example.
What might once have been irritating, however, now seems so remote that it can surely be granted a measure of indulgence.