Sentence examples for process of relinquishing from inspiring English sources

NATO also announced that anti-Qaddafi forces under the command of the Transitional National Council, as Libya's new government is known, were now in full control of Colonel Qaddafi's remaining supplies of chemical weapons and nuclear material, which he had been in the process of relinquishing to Western powers before the uprising that toppled him last month.

The idea that my mother was in the process of relinquishing custody of me and never wanted to see me or my dad again was something I couldn't even fathom; it never even entered my mind.

Yet he has more rapport with the most common experience of the American veteran -- and understanding of the cost that taking military action can ring up, in the lives of individuals, families, and a nation -- than the Republicans who are now in the process of relinquishing power to him and his allies.

Not everyone liked the idea of relinquishing the outlaw status of gay life.

For many centuries, Isabeau stood accused of relinquishing the crown because of the Treaty.

Dr. Resch's idea is to streamline the process by relinquishing much of the supervision to the institution's four schools: aviation, business, education and arts and sciences.

Note that, at the end of the selection process, recruits relinquish any rank they may previously have held and become troopers.

We now want to move towards a more critical reflection on the munus, the gift itself and what it is that is given, sacrificed or relinquished in the process of cord blood banking.

It was a thing of beauty much like the Tibetan mandala sand sculptures that are meant to be enjoyed thoroughly in the process of creation and then to be relinquished as a passing attachment.

U2's performance was later credited with inspiring a protest in the Chilean Parliament against Pinochet, who was in the process of becoming a Senator for life after relinquishing his position as head of the armed forces.

Bartomeu has shown no inclination of relinquishing power, and a complex vote of no-confidence process would have to be undertaken to force elections before the board's mandate expires in 2016.