Sentence examples for retain major from inspiring English sources

Obama is also said to have scrapped a "gentlemen's agreement" with Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister, that Israel could expect to retain major West Bank settlements in any future peace deal.

Mr. Norwood and his allies in Congress complained that the latest White House proposal would retain major features of a 1974 federal law that made it difficult for patients to sue health plans under state laws dealing with negligence, fraud and wrongful death.

The Tories are fighting to retain major gains made in these areas in 2009.

Amplification products from 200 pg DNA can retain major CNV/CNA events with 1-Mb bin size (200 pg sample of Fig. 1D).

Toy models are gross simplifications that nevertheless attempt to retain major essential features of evolution, bridging the gap between empirical reality and formal theoretical understanding.

Bin Laden arrived in Sudan in 1991 and stayed until 1996; he is still believed to retain major commercial interests inside the country.

STEM programs that incorporate reformed teaching practices into introductory courses have also been shown to retain majors (Graham et al. 2013).

Yet Mr. Arafat, who has made few public comments on the proposals, probably understands that Israel will not budge on the basics: refusing to have the large majority of refugees return, retaining major settlement blocks in the West Bank, and maintaining a security cordon along the Jordan Valley.

These self-governing institutions often overlap with the UN, which retains major powers (the police, the judiciary, the security sector and foreign policy among them), lack accountability and produce layers of bureaucracy and resentment, not good governance.

RBP could be worth £4 plus per Reckitt share but there are currently many information gaps (e.g. how much debt is assigned to it?) Further M&A is a possibility - the interest in Merck's OTC assets in April proved that Reckitt retains major ambitions.

According to Thet, Signia's investing partners (including himself) retained major stakes in Signia Fund II, which they believe align the firm's interest with those of limited partners and portfolio company founders.