In 616, as a result of fighting the Battle of the River Idle and defeating Æthelfrith of Northumbria, he was able to install Edwin, who was acquiescent to his authority, as the new king of Northumbria.
He certainly volunteered to me that he felt he had been much too acquiescent to Thatcherism.
Drivers at such crosswalks are more acquiescent to the priority rule.
Montana became the 6th US state to pass regulations and so far, companies have proven to be fairly acquiescent to these regulations.
It has unleashed a propaganda buildup of multimedia arms acquiescent to the government, and a policy clampdown on more unruly foreign and private firms.
At Notre Dame, he'd worked on the school newspaper, before deciding that it was too acquiescent to convention, and starting a conservative alternative campus paper.
"For the past six years, we have enjoyed a President who has been conciliatory and acquiescent to the point of emasculation," Boehner said.
The answer to the question of why he's so acquiescent to the Americans is worked out in thriller (rather than policy) terms.
She ascribes behavior to bloodlines — Spain, she writes, has been overly acquiescent to Muslim immigrants because "too many Spaniards still have the Koran in the blood" — and her political views are often expressed in the language of disgust.
But he will have the accomplished services of Ms. Comerford, who has become quite acquiescent to the frequent invasions of her kitchen by guest chefs, and not just at state dinners, a custom seldom seen in previous administrations.
Transformational thinking and creativity are fundamental traits needed to create and deploy world-changing technology that stems from a rich culture acquiescent to all differences.
