"The court cannot relinquish that determination to an expert witness".
The Patriarchate of Constantinople, while declining to comment on the proposal, has strenuously resisted previous proposals to incorporate its seminary into the theological faculty of a state university, arguing that it cannot relinquish control over its training.
On the West Bank, Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has gone backwards: he has said that Israel cannot relinquish security control of the West Bank for fear of Islamist attack.
But, a dreamer in pursuit of a dream, she cannot relinquish her roots, despite the hard work and scant financial remuneration, and she still takes on parts farther from the mainstream, in films like Lynn Hershman Leeson's upcoming "Teknolust," in which she plays three clones who must drain men of their sperm in order to survive.
Netanyahu's argument, and that of those to his right as well, is that Israel cannot relinquish the "strategic depth" provided by the West Bank when the "neighborhood" is either in flames (Syria), unstable (Jordan, Egypt), or hostile (take your pick).
According to Erskine May, the bible of parliamentary procedure, it is "a settled principle of parliamentary law that a Member, after he is duly chosen, cannot relinquish his seat; and, in order to evade this restriction, a Member who wishes to retire accepts office under the Crown which legally vacates his seat and obliges the House to order a new writ".
The confidence level of the caring physician is a point of great importance, since physician patient relationship cannot relinquish a certain grade of confidence on the most probable diagnosis.
Questioned about the environmental impacts of building large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, she said Brazil cannot relinquish hydropower yet—"It would be like giving up fracking in the U.S". but she hopes solar and wind power generation will take its place overtime.
Just as Bahá'ís do not impose their views on others, they cannot relinquish their principles because of changing trends in popular thought.
Women who seek and assume responsibility in their societies cannot relinquish it when the situation gets difficult by lapsing into the "I am just the spouse" role.
