granted

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No council has ever won a referendum to raise council tax beyond 5% – although councils in precarious financial positions have been granted special permission to do so by the government, increasingly so in recent years.

From BBC

“I don’t want to take for granted how strong and resilient and level-headed she is. Because she’s still a person and she still has the right to grieve and go through it.”

From Los Angeles Times

"To be recognised as part of its history with this Lifetime Achievement award and to have made my mark for the fans and my team-mates is something I'll never take for granted."

From BBC

The output from those fields has risen to about 300,000 barrels a day since the Biden administration granted Chevron a license to resume operations there in late 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal

Planning permission has been granted for the first Universal Studios theme park to be built in the UK, an MP has said.

From BBC