Sentence examples for simply retained from inspiring English sources

Moreover, gradually the great fiefs were reunited under the French crown, after which they were granted only in appanage (the territory itself being administered as a province of the kingdom); counts simply retained various privileges.

And if Mr. Bronfman had not undertaken a transformation of Seagram and had simply retained its holdings, it is not entirely clear that the per-share value of the company would have been much different from what it is today, according to analyses by a media analyst and an industry executive, both of whom insisted on anonymity.

The finding of like dictionary meanings is usually a simple matter, and when there is a word that has no rough equivalent in the other language, it may be simply retained in the original language (for example, the German word Weltanschauung, meaning something like "world outlook," is often retained in English translations of German works).

Therefore, the hagfish has simply retained a circadian organ, capable of sensing the light levels that are available in deep water, with little change over geological time.

Dodd simply retained his athletic director position, which he had acquired in 1950.

Dodd simply retained his athletic director position, which he had acquired in 1950 from William Alexander.

Let food absorb water — or simply retain the water it already contains — and it will be, well, moist.

They simply retain a juvenile weakness for gore, challenging us to match their sang-froid and saluting Chigurh himself for showing the way.

Yet the People's Republic of China remains with us even though Beijing's power elite ignores ideology in its economic plans and simply retains the apparatus of the communist police state.

What I most wanted was uninterrupted time because you have a lot of facts to master, and you have to somehow process them into your story and simply retain them in your head without interruption.

This is the vacuous talk of politicians trying to placate people with vacation homes, not a sensible solution for people trying to purchase, or simply retain, their first homes.