Sentence examples for retained extensive from inspiring English sources

Feudal privileges and immunities were finally abolished, although the landed aristocracy retained extensive power in the countryside.

The kings, moreover, possessed a considerable domain and retained extensive judicial rights, which made the monarchy a relatively strong institution in early Jerusalem.

Sandusky, as part of his retirement terms, retained extensive privileges on campus: an office in the athletic facility, keys to the locker rooms and more.

In addition inhibitor 2 had no effects on the aged morphology of the cells, which retained extensive F-actin stress fibres (Figure 1b; compare to Figure 1g middle left panel).

Recreational facilities are extensive.

The struggle also poses a troublesome issue for the interim Iraqi government, which has been working to shrug off accusations that the Americans retain extensive influence.

It has the same structure, doctrine, traditions, and customs as the mother church, which retains extensive control over it by supplying 80 percent of its budget.

The military and the ruling party formed by the military together control the vast majority of seats in Parliament, and the military retains extensive business interests.

Because of this Mr Haq is often called the "Godfather of the Taliban", though some have questioned whether he still retains extensive leverage over the militants.

Whatever the timing, it seems that foreign officials will retain extensive powers and continue to act as an arbitrator between the Albanians and the province's Serbian minority for some time to come, United Nations and European Union officials here say.

I retain extensive notes for scathing biographies of Wayne Calhoun and Phil Dooley, who, in 1960, hoisted my new bicycle to the top of the school flagpole, let go of the rope, and claimed that it had "slipped".