Sentence examples for to retain something from inspiring English sources

Painting, he concludes, has to retain "something incomprehensible".

But he kept a picture of Hank Greenberg to retain something of his dream.

It also takes advantage of our natural aversion to loss (people work harder to retain something than to earn it).

At the time of the Italian madrigal's fullest flowering, German composers derived much inspiration from the south while still contriving to retain something of their earlier heritage.

With their financial sector under global scrutiny, Swiss officials have been working to reach an agreement with Washington that would allow them to retain something of their 1934 banking law, which makes the disclosure of client identities a crime.

Despite the breathtaking scale of this sellout, Island has managed to retain something of its fashionable cachet while widening its remit to embrace many wildly successful modern pop acts, such as Mika, the Feeling, Sugababes and McFly, although their contributions are not dwelt upon here.

If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change – but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years".

If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change – but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years". Leeds-raised Stirk, 54, is trim and wiry, with a narrow tie, dark suit and spiky hair; he is softly spoken and emphatic.

Mingus knew better than anyone in jazz how to turn a mess into a virtue and still retain something of the mess.

Mario Monicelli had wanted to make a grand epic movie of The Truce that would retain something of the book's lightness of touch.

But, he wrote, "you cannot retain something unless you already have it".