Sentence examples for retained himself from inspiring English sources

He retained himself as a signatory and added other aides and colleagues, including Gen. Salim Saleh, a younger brother of the president, Gen. Museveni.

The exact nature of the mukâṭaʿa depended on the proportion of the revenues that the holder remitted to the treasury and the proportion he retained for himself.

Perhaps even the distance he retained between himself and the party was calculated - his colleague Pascual Jordan was probably the most distinguished founder of quantum mechanics not to receive a Nobel Prize, possibly because he was an enthusiastic Nazi.

In 1980, he brought in his brother, Don, as president, retaining for himself the controlling positions of chief executive and board chairman.

In the ensuing elections the party's strength in the Chamber dropped to only 10 seats, but Thorez himself retained his seat.

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.

Weaver himself retained his seat with 56.90%.

From fairly early on, at the advice of a lawyer he retained to defend himself, Bailey refused to answer reporters' inquiries, and many may have read that refusal to respond as evidence of guilt.

Here Mr Capriles, the man who failed to beat Hugo Chavez in October's presidential election, will be fighting to retain his governorship and keep himself in political office.

It's tempting, if perhaps intrusive, to wonder whether at some level Begley has retained steadier belief in himself as lawyer than as writer.

But in his transformations Richardson retained a glimmer of himself, so that one did not always know if he was acting or being.