Sentence examples for surrendered part of from inspiring English sources

I regarded the European Union as the embodiment of an open society – a voluntary association of equal states who surrendered part of their sovereignty for the common good.

There's something closed off about this man, despite his nocturnal visits and talks with Abby, as if he'd already surrendered part of himself to some other force.

After the intermission Mr. Maazel led a lush, kinetic account of Roussel's "Bacchus et Ariane" Suite No. 2. And no sooner had he reclaimed the spotlight than he surrendered part of it to Nancy Gustafson, the soprano, for a searing performance of the final scene from Strauss's "Salome".

But what irks me is the fact we seem to have put too many eggs in one basket, it's almost like we've surrendered part of our soul to finance," he said, over tea in a cafe in the middle of St Helier.

Johnston Press may surrender part of the company to its banks in order to secure a life-saving loan, according to a Sunday Times story yesterday.

The same thing happened when the British government tried, and failed, to get the boss of the ruined Royal Bank of Scotland to surrender part of his pension.Mr Obama has several other options, but none looks good.

Despite the announcement of a record corporate loss of £24.1bn for 2008, Sir Fred said pressure on him to surrender part of his £700,000 annual pension was "not warranted".

This involves a financial sacrifice, since those who put their shares into the holding will surrender part of their dividends so they can be used to buy out other members.Mr Arnault insists that his intentions are amicable.

"And one day their answer will be: 'Secede.' " Nevertheless, during several visits to Kirkuk, I kept meeting citizens of every ethnicity who still wanted to live together and were willing to surrender part of their own historical claim to the city in order to coexist peacefully with other groups.

He was offered all the usual conveniences and protections after he was confirmed as D.C.I. in May 1995, but he did not want to surrender part of his house to security officers, he did not want a SCIF and he did not want a classified computer at home.

No, this is about the bags of gold on offer and another reminder that money is how a lot of footballers keep the score these days – enough of it evidently that Defoe is willing, if necessary, to surrender part of his career and sacrifice going to the World Cup, given that he is effectively asking Roy Hodgson to select someone who has now broken free from top-level club football.