As a gesture of appreciation

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

A second sarcophagus, was found lying on its side with its almost undamaged lid propped against the wall nearby; it was eventually presented to Theodore M. Davis, the excavation's financial sponsor as a gesture of appreciation for his generous financial support.

In 2011, as a gesture of appreciation of sorts, Nestle donated $45,000 to the District of Hope for the construction of a playground.

At the very least, help at tax time is a gesture of appreciation.

At 21, in a gesture of appreciation, he legally changed his surname from Cox to Leveille, his mother's maiden name.

In a gesture of appreciation for U.S. financial backing, Barak, the Israeli defense minister, gave Panetta a glass-encased model of an Iron Dome battery during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday.

The decision to rename their village Snapdeal.com Nagar, Bahl says, was not only a gesture of appreciation from the residents but also a sort of demonstration against the local governance and administration, for their lack of care and competence.

As a gesture of appreciation for the LDK's role, the LDK won 21 of 27 contested municipalities and 58percentt of the popular vote in elections of October 2000.

Manon Leclerc, 18, a college student from Strasbourg, was so thunderstruck when she saw him that she asked the waitress to send him an espresso as a gesture of appreciation.

The citation, like many others from the Nobel committee, was more politic than political; a gesture of international appreciation that nevertheless shied away from supporting her activism.

It may have been meant as a gesture of support.

But they threw in England as a gesture of goodwill".