To call an idea "a theory" is to accord it high status in the world of science.

The "big three" are by no means accorded equal status.

At the end of the year, 27 December, he was accorded noble status.

Is there a certain status, a higher degree of respect accorded to the married woman that I did not want to lose?

From 1857 until 1871, the county club was accorded first-class status.

Women were not accorded such legal status in other cultures, including the West, until centuries later.

The family would draw upon his reserve of experience and wisdom, but could never accord him full status.

Still, Parliament has been left a key role because it must accord legal status to the decisions of the convention.

The heads of major religious organizations are accorded diplomatic status.

They must be accorded equal status to those in traditional families when determining benefits.