Sentence examples for preserved a certain from inspiring English sources

In the central and southern regions, there are still people who have preserved a certain cohesion through following a seminomadic way of life.

The chief authority in Berry eventually passed to the viscounts of Bourges, who, while recognizing the royal suzerainty, preserved a certain independence until 1101, when the fief was sold to the crown.

In the east, except for a brief period when the petty state of Denia (Dāniyah) built a powerful fleet that enabled it to stage incursions throughout the western Mediterranean as far as Sardinia, the various ṭāʾifas preserved a certain static and dynastic equilibrium; farther to the north, the various ṭāʾifas also spent their time embroiled in interminable internal quarrels.

Similarly, early pecorans could have preserved a certain degree of this opportunism through a mixed feeding strategy.

The Passion, dealing with Jesus' last hours and death, must preserve a certain decorum.

The director, Patrice Chéreau, preserves a certain mystery: the bodies are penetrable but not knowable.

They preserve a certain electricity by refusing to resolve these life materials into a single, coherent narrative.

And Radio 1 likes to see itself as preserving a certain moral tone among its pupils: standards must be maintained.

When George walks through the snow toward the crash site, not only are his pants perfectly creased but even the corpse preserves a certain je ne sais quoi.

And so to take your second question first: if you ask why I stuck to the first person rather than moved to third, the answer would be to preserve a certain strategic intimacy.

Whereas the Sounders-Timbers conflict has become the most publicized in MLS and the geography of Seattle-Vancouver preserves a certain trans-border enmity, the Whitecaps' meetings with the Timbers fail to resonate beyond the clubs' fanbases.