Sentence examples for retained autonomy from inspiring English sources

Under the hand-over agreement, Hong Kong retained autonomy to negotiate its own trade agreements as a special administrative region of China.

The post-Bretton Woods system was decentralized in that member states retained autonomy in selecting an exchange rate regime.

While the PLO was the "unifying framework" under which these groups operated, each fedayeen organization had its own leader and armed forces and retained autonomy in operations.

Roche has said Genentech's research and early clinical trial operations will retain autonomy so the culture can be preserved.

This means that the smaller agencies retain autonomy and responsibility, but also contribute to a larger objective.

Under the agreement, municipal bodies in the Serb-majority north will retain autonomy in matters like health care and education.

Fiennes describes his version of Rome as a power state, and the Volscians as an older community struggling to retain autonomy.

A British colony until its return to China in 1997, Hong Kong retains autonomy from the mainland in its immigration system and its rule of law.

In return, Serbian municipal structures will retain autonomy over matters like health, education and culture, though Kosovo wants to put its stamp on all university diplomas.

The bombings here came at a time when the two rival Kurdish parties have been trying to unite the divided administrations of the northern region to strengthen their demands to retain autonomy in that area.

What makes Berlin different from other big European cities is that all these projects are orchestrated not directly by the city but a separate limited company, called Kulturprojekte Berlin, which mostly uses the city's money but retains autonomy in the commissioning process.