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retained and considerable
The author, writing shortly after the Spanish Civil War began, retained considerable fondness for the ex-sovereign.
In the kind of constitutional monarchy established under the Constitution of the German Empire which Bismarck inspired, the Kaiser retained considerable actual executive power, and the Prime Minister needed no parliamentary vote of confidence and ruled solely by the imperial mandate.
Research has found that, even when students report not using the knowledge acquired in school, a considerable portion is retained for many years and long-term retention is strongly dependent on the initial level of mastery.
It is a matter of considerable scholarly debate whether the biblical " Hittites " signified any or all of: 1 ) the original Hattians ; 2 ) their Indo-European conquerors ( Nesili ), who retained the name " Hatti " for Central Anatolia, and are today referred to as the " Hittites " ( the subject of this article ); or 3 ) a Canaanite group who may or may not have been related to either or both of the Anatolian groups, and who also may or may not be identical with the later Neo-Hittite ( Luwian ) polities.
Nonetheless, Hong Kong has retained considerable autonomy in all other aspects, including economic and commercial relations, and customs control.
Clay had come in fourth place and thus was not on the ballot, but he retained considerable power and influence as Speaker of the House.
It is, however, highly probable that when the bulk of the Lombards migrated, a considerable part remained behind and afterwards became absorbed by the Saxon tribes in the region, while the emigrants alone retained the name of Lombards.
These concessions saw the very considerable power of the king parcelled out and retained by leading comites and duces ( counts and dukes ).
During the long period between 1714 and 1760, the Tories practically died out as an active political force, although they always retained a considerable presence in the House of Commons.
Ionian cities appear to have retained a considerable amount of freedom until the invasion of Asia Minor by Alexander the Great.
After this each of them retained a considerable body of men with him at his home.
Pudsey occurs in the 1086 Domesday Book as " Podechesaie " and " Podechesai ", but in the early 6th century Pudsey and the neighbourhood appear to have been the centre of the considerable Kingdom of Elmet, which retained its independence for more than 200 years after other more petty kingdoms had been subdued by the Angles.
Although he retained considerable power throughout the country, he was generally hated.
The FoR retained considerable strength in post-second world war British Christianity, and many of its members were active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1950s and 1960s.
Nationalist rule was strongest in the eastern regions around the capital Nanjing, but regional militarists such as Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan retained considerable local authority.
However, this early princedom was far from a consolidated, centralized state, and the various zhupans retained considerable independence.
Snipers, however retained a considerable fondness for the weapon.
Despite considerable support for Carlos from the Roman Catholic Church and conservative elements in Spain, Maria Christina successfully retained the throne for her daughter.
Since the main Temple Lot organization retained possession of the Temple Lot and its meetinghouse, Fetting's organization met in members ' homes for a considerable period prior to building their own worship facilities.
The site, which still retained its ancient name in the days of Fazello, is described by him as a position of great natural strength, surrounded by abrupt precipices on all sides but one, but having a table land of considerable extent on its summit.
The Senate itself retained considerable prestige, especially in the 11th century when the " court party " came to power following the death of Basil II.
After the canal closed sections were retained for leisure use, and some remained in water for a considerable time.
In the 1999 elections, the party lost a considerable number of votes ( falling to 9 %), but retained its five seats in the Chamber and re-gained its single seat in the European Parliament.

retained and amount
Entries are summarized only when by doing so the amount of information retained in the dictionary is reduced and the time required for dictionary operations is decreased.
While these fires release carbon dioxide, they improve the quality of the grasslands overall, in turn increasing the amount of carbon retained in the humic material.
Alterations in the quantity of atmospheric greenhouse gases determines the amount of solar energy retained by the planet, leading to global warming or global cooling.
This refers to the amount of information retained in the subconscious even after this information cannot be consciously accessed.
Also any amounts of potential loss ( risk ) over the amount insured is retained risk.
Sauerkraut was the only vegetable food that retained a reasonable amount of ascorbic acid in a pickled state, but it was boiled to reduce it for preservation and much of the vitamin C content was lost.
The groups range from those seeking territorial units similar to Indian reservations under the United States with the least amount of independent control to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement which would have the most amount of control, The Hawaiian Sovereignty movement aims at reviving the Hawaiian nation under the Hawaiian constitution, which has retained its sovereignty while under prolonged illegal occupation since 1893.
Because the animals were considered sacred and laws protected them from labor, receiving a gift of a white elephant from a monarch was simultaneously both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because the animal was sacred and a sign of the monarch's favour, and a curse because the animal had to be retained and could not be put to much practical use, but cost a significant amount to maintain.
The shaking disconnects the knot at the top, allowing the longer section of rope to fall, meaning only a small amount of rope is retained by the anchor at the top of the cliff.
Like Green, who made particular mention of Beiderbecke's " amount of teaching ," the jazz historian Ted Gioia also has emphasized Beiderbecke's lack of formal instruction, suggesting that it caused him to adopt " an unusual, dry embouchure " and " unconventional fingerings ," which he retained for the rest of his life.
The large amount of open areas in Nolen ’ s design retained the natural woods which included willow, locust, sycamore, persimmon and black and white oak.
However, the remaining in this area retained a certain amount of political autonomy, which would create division in the city that remains to this day.
If a low-hardenability steel is quenched, a significant amount of austenite will be retained in the microstructure.
In practice, however, a huge amount of influence was retained by the exceedingly conservative Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, who held the post between 1856 – 1895.
After a fair amount of publicity the George W. Bush-related merchandise site retained lawyers and sent a cease and desist letter to Hugedisk, thereby ending the Google bomb.
The differences in the amount of knowledge retained were greater between the three different groups at age 5, then between the groups at age 7.
Another relation to human infants, is that the amount of vocalizations is not key, but rather the quality of the sounds that is retained and resembles the final produce of language.
After a large amount of population growth necessitated two Area Codes for West Tennessee, Memphis and its northern and eastern suburbs retained the 901 Area Code, with the remainder of West Tennessee being placed into Area code 731.
In either method, any transaction involving treasury stock cannot increase the amount of retained earnings.
The explosive warhead was behind the fuel tank, and as the missile retained a large amount of unburned fuel at the time of impact, even at maximum range, it acted as an incendiary device.
The language was modernized to remove archaic pronouns (" thee ", " thou ") and their corresponding verbs (" didst ", " speaketh ") which the RSV had maintained in passages the translators considered to refer to God ( which proponents of historical Christian interpretation also objected to, as archaic verbiage was not retained when addressing Christ, which was interpreted as an implicit denial of Christ's divinity ; also, breaking with tradition, the RSV did not capitalize passages of the Old Testament that have been traditionally interpreted as prophecies of Christ ), to remove obsolete words ( e. g., " jug " for " cruse "), and to introduce a moderate amount of horizontal gender-neutral language.

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