Sentence examples for shared allegiance from inspiring English sources

A formal handshake followed by a complex and stylized hand gesture implies a shared allegiance.

Mr. Romney was slightly more expansive in his brief chitchat before his meeting with Mr. Miliband, who began by welcoming him to London and mentioning their "shared allegiance to the Boston Red Sox, the baseball team I believe you support".

He examines the records of Mr. Bush's nominees to the Supreme Court (John G. Roberts Jr., Samuel A. Alito Jr. and the failed Harriet Miers), arguing that they were selected, at least in part, for their shared allegiance to the principle of unfettered presidential power.

Shared allegiance to a particular religion that bridged ethnic and linguistic differences was a crucial factor in the rise of civilizations around the globe.

Muslim immigration is not, above all, the result of a shared allegiance to the ideals of humanism and liberalism that Europe sees as the bedrock of its existence; it is born of economic disparity and the gaping difference in quality of life between the immigrants' home countries and Europe.

Democracy realizes a kind of equality among persons that all can share allegiance to even when they disagree about many matters relating to substantive law and policy.

The decision to "speak out" for the Constitutional rights of one set of Plaintiffs with whom he shares allegiance, but just one year later, say nothing about John's and James' rights in far more dire circumstances, speaks volumes.

(A shared racer allegiance is not part of this marriage. While Ms. Russell follows Mr. Gordon, her husband prefers Michael Waltrip).

If the government's case is built on the similarities between Moussaoui's activities and those of the known hijackers, it must account for the fact that, though he shared their allegiance to Al Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden, his behavior in America was strikingly different from theirs.

While Shankly was employed as a miner, he played football as often as possible and sometimes went to Glasgow to watch either Celtic or Rangers, sharing his allegiance between the two and ignoring the sectarianism that divides Glasgow.

She was keen to highlight her views that "this is not an anti-British stance, it's simply a reasoned, rational approach to a decision that acknowledges that, while the Union Flag is hugely important to some people as a symbol of their Britishness, it is also hugely contested by those who do not share that allegiance.