The country was under emergency rule from 1963 until 2011, effectively granting security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention.

To regulate credit creation, some countries have created a currency board, or granted independence to their central bank.

The country did not grant this couple full refugee status according to international standards.

I find it very strange indeed that your country did not grant asylum to those poor people.

The hijackers threatened to blow up the plane when no country would grant landing permission.

Some countries granted it to both sexes at the same time.

In a few cases, countries grant voting rights to citizens and non-citizens alike.

Most democratic countries have already granted their expats lifetime voting rights.

This is also why I am opposed to national exemptions, whereby a country can grant a company or a sector exemption.

The country later granted the colonel political asylum on 'humanitarian grounds'.