1.   He also met with Charles Thompson, the director of dining services, and Tom Gerety, president of the college, who gave their tacit blessing.

2.   The NASD is a self-regulatory body through which brokers and dealers govern their own activities with tacit blessing from the government.

3.   He indicated the move had his tacit blessing as it thwarted the efforts of an unnamed agent to sell the votes of the small countries to the highest bidder.

4.   They accuse the Taiwan government of giving tacit blessing to Tibetan independence by allowing the visit to go ahead.

5.   Pro-Palestinian protests have become a regular occurrence on the streets of the conservative Gulf, and always pass off with the tacit blessing of the authorities.