Sentence examples for independence little from inspiring English sources

For all their intelligence and apparent independence, Little Boots and La Roux look and sound like polished professional pop stars: ambitious, eager-to-please, sonically and psychologically smooth.

But the primary reason Mr. Murdoch has not been held to account is that the board of News Corporation has no independence, little influence and no stomach for confronting its chairman.

There are reasons why the board could pronounce itself satisfied with the performance of its chief executive and chairman, Rupert Murdoch, starting with a rising stock price, Mr. Carr writes, but the main reason for the quick support is that the board "has no independence, little influence and no stomach for confronting its chairman".

Scottish independence means little in today's globalised world, but separation will create the Little England that Ukip wants.

But "energy independence" was little more than a dreamy campaign slogan.

In China the central bank has no independence and little clout.

Many chief executives claim transparency is another word for bureaucracy, challenging housing's independence with little benefit for customers.

The government, whose spending priorities had been focused largely on heavy industry since independence, did little to relieve the housing shortage until the mid-1980s.

Whether leaving Lincoln Center was a move of desperation or a declaration of independence (a little of both, it would seem), was not the question to ponder on Sunday.

San Diego's march to independence earned little sympathy from the State Water Resources Control Board, which approved the cuts to achieve Governor Jerry Brown's target of reducing urban water use 25%.

But while proponents of complete independence face little opposition at home or in Copenhagen, they haven't been able to overcome one crucial calculation: the country depends on Danish assistance for more than 40percentt of its gross domestic product.