Sentence examples for receiving portions from inspiring English sources

Crews were not paid by the commissioning government but were entitled to cruise for their own profit, with crew members receiving portions of the value of any cargo or shipping that they could wrest from the original owners.

Among their contributions were statues that sat in temple courts, serving as memorials to the donors after their deaths and receiving portions of the temple offerings to sustain the donors' spirits.

With our check we received portions of fresh orange that were artfully carved into flowers.

The attorney is said to have received portions of settlement claims for clients he referred to the firm.

Each team received portions of mild-flavored white miso, along with red miso, which is richer and more flavorful.

Independent organizations received portions of the same composite latex and each performed several analytical measurements of the characteristics of the latex particles.

Television writers, for example, often agree to "step deals" and receive portions of their total fee when they finish an outline, a first draft, a second draft and then a final polish.

The innermost bay of the Gulf of Guinea, it is bounded by southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northwestern Gabon and receives portions of the Niger and Ogooué river discharges and also the Cross, Sanaga, and many other rivers.

This calculation does not take into account the overhead of the preamble, as well as the guarding between the transmit and receive portions of the frame, as they do not contribute to MAC level system overhead.

His victims, with more than 300 identified, are slated to receive portions of a $500 million settlement from MSU.

Since 2010, thousands of K-12 schools have recycled 59 million bottles and cans and received portions of $1 million in prizes.