Sentence examples for had been exercised for from inspiring English sources

Thus, the power of patronage, which had been exercised for generations in provincial noble households, began to lose its political significance as the king's ministers built up their own alternative administrative clienteles.

Like the Stamp Act of the same year, it also was an assertion of British authority over the colonies, in disregard of the fact that troop financing had been exercised for 150 years by representative provincial assemblies rather than by the Parliament in London.

Interestingly, tic frequency was higher during the more demanding exercise session (which also occurred after the subjects had been exercising for a longer amount of time) than during the easier exercise session.

Given the cross-sectional nature of our data, it is not possible to be certain how long the participants had been exercising for, which may account for the lack of an independent relationship with depression symptoms found.

The study population was in excellent condition and had been exercising for years prior to the pregnancy, and the results may not be representative of the population at large.

At the end of 2000, he had 5.1 million options that could have been exercised for profits of $257.5 million, and another 1.5 million options that would have been worth another $104.1 million when enough time had passed that they could be exercised -- assuming the share price stayed level.

We can see from our simple example above that there was a window of time during which Jane's options were "in the money"; where they could have been exercised for a net gain of $3000.

I'm flushed and my hair is bedraggled, but I've been exercising for nearly an hour now and it's still fun, and the tunes keep coming.

Don't be sucked in by some glossy pictures of models who have been exercising for years.

However, polices and laws that are formulated to bring gender equality could not change the traditions and customary laws that has been exercised within the society for years.

And the right has been exercised, not without strains, for as long as the Republic has been in existence -- an achievement that would make its architects proud.