1.   We were required to get approvals at each stage of the project.

2.   Opposition groups dismissed the constitutional changes as a device to gain Western aid and approval at a time of economic crisis.

3.   However, in general teachers did seem to be pleased with the outcome and many expressed approval at the improved pupil-teacher ratio for the coming year.

4.   A coalition of government regulators, shippers and conservationists took years of informal talks, negotiations and approvals at various levels to hammer out the voluntary compromise.

5.   Completion of the transaction is subject to company stockholder approval at a special shareholder meeting to be held in late November or early December of this year.

6.   Empire East chairman Andrew Tan said the board gave its approval at a special meeting held yesterday.

7.   He sometimes is surprised when crowds clap and roar approval at lines not intended to draw such reaction.

8.   I can almost hear Warhol clucking his approval at each soul-baring, tear-drenched exhibition.

9.   It awaits final regulatory approval at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.