Sentence examples for parent retained from inspiring English sources

The adoptive parent retained me to help understand the medical issues for this little boy.

Even these, in some circumstances, might come apart as when an estranged parent retains some decision-making rights but holds no responsibilities.

While the children are with the parent, that parent retains sole authority over the children.

Still, Danes's parents retained a playful side.

Yet when I recently bought a new iMac with money I earned as a busboy, my parents retained the privilege of taking it away when I misbehave.

If Pita's range is eclectic, this owes partly to his background – he was born in South Africa but his Portuguese parents retained a strong sense of their Mediterranean roots.

He set up a family limited partnership giving each child a 45% minority interest, while the parents retained a 10% interest and control of the portfolio as general partners.

"Only his family, particularly his parents, retained complete and deliberate ignorance.

In a family partnership, the parents retain a few shares of ownership and their children hold most of the shares.

After all, it's far more important that parents retain the labels that their children already know them by, such as "Mum" and "Dad".

Many parents retain warm memories of coming home during their raucous college years to comforting pink chenille bedspreads or, more recently, "Star Wars" posters and Nirvana ticket stubs.