Sentence examples for cede a portion from inspiring English sources

Moman's refusal to cede a portion of the song's copyright to Presley's manager and publisher created such bad blood that the partnership between the singer and the producer was never repeated, despite its artistic and commercial success.

It demanded that Austria cede a portion of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia, and Izvolsky, pressed by anti-Austrian opinion in Russia, was forced to support the Serbian claims.

According to the treaty, the Soviet Union would cede a portion of the Vilnius Region, including the important city of Vilnius, which it had gained during the invasion of Poland, to Lithuania in exchange for the right to station up to 20,000 (the original bargaining point was 50,000) Soviet troops in Lithuania on a permanent basis.

In addition, Mr. Kovner will transition from a majority to a minority owner of the firm by ceding a portion of the business to other Caxton partners, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

In 1961 Tara Singh declared that he would fast until the Indian prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, ceded a portion of the Punjab as a Sikh state or until death claimed him.

The reality is that no amount of threats or inducements, including fast membership in the European Union or NATO, will persuade the Bosnian Serbs to cede a significant portion of the rights and privileges given them under the Dayton Agreement to the central government, as the Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) and the international community are determined to bring about.

Smart travel-management companies, which now charge fees for services rendered rather than depending on commissions from the airlines, are in fact prospering in a new competitive environment that cedes a small portion of the market to the pure online bargain bookings and at the same time opens up more room for specialized services, especially for corporate travel.

Whatever happens, Microsoft can ultimately never walk away from mobile because giving up would essentially be ceding a massive portion of the future of computing, and it simply can't afford to do that.

The Justice Department said it feared that the agreement would reduce Yahoo's incentives to invest in its own search advertising business and opt instead to cede an ever-larger portion of the search advertising market to Google.

They could cede a seemingly soon-to-be lucrative portion of their industry to Silicon Valley, essentially serving as subcontractors to the likes of Apple and Google, making shells of cars while the technology companies add their own sensors and software.

Reluctantly, Ms. Gilmore decided to cede a bit of control.