Sentence examples for least beholden from inspiring English sources

The Underground is also the most youthful scene in spirit, the one least beholden to free jazz precedent and most receptive to the music of the present.

His writing was marked by a passion for his subject and, like his shambolic dress sense, was not in the least beholden to fashion.

This access to Moscow's resources makes Mr Luzhkov perhaps the least beholden of any prospective candidate to the "oligarchy" of tycoons who paid for Mr Yeltsin's re-election in 1996, and who may well back Mr Chernomyrdin next time.There are, of course, always the voters to think about.

Stopping developers from unlocking the iPhone certainly isn't helping Apple any, though in that case, the company is at least beholden by contract to AT&T (in the U.S.) to fight interoperability.

"Passing the Music Down," written by Sarah Sullivan and illustrated by Barry Root, and "When Bob Met Woody," written by Gary Golio and illustrated by Marc Burckhardt, break through the anonymity and illuminate the process, even as they remain at least partly beholden to fabled styling.

When elected officials solicit these contributions from interests who almost always have matters pending before the Congress, these elected officials become at least psychologically beholden to those who contribute.

He was not beholden, at least not financially beholden, to any "special interests".

SEWELL CHAN COMMENTS OF THE DAY Caroline Kennedy Seeks Clinton's Seat "Perhaps picking someone of demonstrated public service and integrity who does not have a history as a politician will assure New York voters that they have at least one senator not beholden to special interests".

Getting on with their own thing – at least, not yet being beholden to anyone with a commercial interest in their careers – is why the old saw that musicians make music for themselves and if anyone else likes it, that's a bonus, sounds true here.

The Democrats may be many things -- mushy, whiny, infuriatingly unable to articulate a cohesive message -- but at least they aren't beholden to the mental detritus of the culture, people with more barely hidden psychoemotional disorders than shoes.

King Abdullah, now at least 90, is seen as beholden to a small circle of advisers and sons, with rival courts surrounding the 83-year-old crown prince, Salman, and other contenders for the succession.