Sentence examples for he merely retained from inspiring English sources

Berezovsky says he and Abramovich were partners in Sibneft, later sold to Gazprom for $13bn; Abramovich insists he merely retained Berezovsky because of his top-level Kremlin contacts and influence with Yeltsin.

This reignites a long-standing debate over whether this upright species still spent much time in the trees or merely retained ancient features it no longer used (Science, 15 April 1994, p. 350), says co-author William Kimbel of Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins in Tempe, Arizona, who thinks the features were not necessarily used for climbing.

He only retained part of this.

Ownership & operation of the airlines is exactly what it was before the war; the government merely retains the right to say who the passengers shall be on any given flight.

The Christian Institute thinks that Section 28 should not merely be retained, but extended to bring health authorities within its ambit.The repealers argue that Section 28 should go because it is a bad law.

But he retained his influence from afar.

But he retained his touch.

But he retained his fervor.

But he has retained his human dignity.

But he has retained a high profile.

Still, confronting his first Presidential election in more than a generation as merely an interested outsider, Shrum shows that he has retained more than a few tics of the political trade.