"Vaccination,which we tend to take for granted in countries like the United States or in Western Europe, in fact a lot of us don't even know which diseases we've been vaccinated against.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

"It was the Islamic world that paved the way for much of the technology and science that we now take for granted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"We owe it to ourselves and to those who yearn for the same freedoms that are enjoyed and even taken for granted in Berlin today.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

She says that the goods and services provided by nature - like clean air, rain or fertile soils - should not be taken for granted.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"You just kind of take for granted that kids want to go outsideand play but then you recognize, when you talk to them, that they don't."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

But then another side of Bolt becomes apparent. The team must qualify Friday, Bolt told VOA Sports he respects all of his competitors and takes nothing for granted.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Lionel explains that he doesn't take career longevity for granted.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

The United States,for example said it has granted Sudan $6 billion in the past five years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Al-Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years behind bars, but the term was later reduced, and he was granted additional time off for good behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"If you granted amnesty to 11 million undocumented workers you are flooding the market with the potential of those folks competing for jobs with Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"I want to say that we feel that Obama has achieved a lot for his country and for the world and he deserves what has been granted to him.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

He was granted more than 600 patents. His ideas for processes or devices are used in bar-code scanners, automated warehouse manufacturing systems,fax and automated teller machines, the crying baby doll, and Sony Walkman portable cassette player.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Human Rights Council in Geneva. He has been the Special Rapporteur for North Korea since 2004, but has never been granted permission to enter the country and has not received cooperation from the country's government.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22