First, the Tories permit the SNP to set the terms and timing of the Scottish referendum, even to the extent of allowing independence to be the yes option on the ballot paper.
But betting against Taiwan could prove risky if the coming elections suggest to investors that the island will finally shift its attention from a long struggle over national identity — including the extent of political independence from the mainland — toward a greater focus on economic integration with the mainland.
Background: The study explored the generality of interpersonal impairments in depressed women and examined the extent of their independence of current depressive episodes or symptoms.
In particular, there is the extent of the independence of an institution from other institutions, including government.
The American intelligence community, however, is unsure of the extent of Khatami's independence from Iran's conservative religious leaders.
He reached an extremely important agreement with the papacy (Capitula, 1447) defining the extent of Bologna's independence from papal control.
RSF's secretary-general Christophe Deloire says: "The World Press Freedom Index is a reference tool that is based on seven criteria: the level of abuses, the extent of pluralism, media independence, the environment and self-censorship, the legislative framework, transparency and infrastructure.
It is obvious that the distance between each data point and the diagonal line indicates the extent of deviation from independence.
And to the extent a greater degree of independence from the attorney general is necessary, the Justice Department already has a system for the appointment of a special counsel.
At the beginning of the 20th century, most Nigerians were followers of traditional religions, but British colonial policies discouraged this to such an extent that by the time of independence in 1960 the great majority of the people were classified as Muslims or Christians.
