Sentence examples for owing part from inspiring English sources

In some cases, the difficulty and danger of hunting a species, and therefore the prestige of owing part of it as a trophy, are likely to contribute to its value to a hunter.

Oddly enough, the fiercely capitalist Koch family owes part of its fortune to Joseph Stalin.

Activists owe part of their success to I.S.S. and a rival, Glass, Lewis & Company.

He owed part of this reputation to systematic defamation by his most powerful enemy, Pope Pius II.

The market also owed part of its advance to specialty retailers that posted earnings that were better than expected.

Set in the 1920s and the 1950s respectively, each of these owed part of their success to period charm.

The company may owe part of its economic durability to the fact that harps are having a bit of a moment.

He owed part of his fame to his rescue of the football club Borussia Dortmund from the brink of bankruptcy in 2004.

Ms. Isaacs, the author of best-selling novels like "Compromising Positions," said she owed part of her success to Mr. Ashmead's editing.

Obama — like a number of his white predecessors — owed part of his victory to the N.A.A.C.P.'s ability to mobilize black voters, which was renewed under Jealous.

This one owes part of its existence to Bob Dylan, circa 1965 to 1971, but then moves on into his own overheated, bohemian-literate mind.