Sentence examples for were to relinquish from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Clinton endorsed the idea by Secretary of State John Kerry that Syria could avoid an attack by the United States if it were to relinquish its chemical weapons supply.

"If Yasser Arafat or any other Palestinian leader were to relinquish the right of return, I would lead the revolt against him," said Hussam Khader, a Fatah leader who lives in Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the West Bank.As with the Muslim sites in Jerusalem, a decision on the right of return is not one that the Palestinian leaders can take on their own.

But if MOST were to relinquish control of research spending, "that's a big deal," says Cao Cong, an expert on Chinese science at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

He has repeatedly claimed that Israel cannot accept "indefensible borders" based on the 1967 lines and highlights that Israel would be only nine miles wide if it were to relinquish much of its presence in the West Bank.

To this daughter he bequeathed £100 "in discharge of her marriage porcion"; another £50 if she were to relinquish the Chapel Lane cottage; and, if she or any of her children were still alive at the end of three years following the date of the will, a further £150, of which she was to receive the interest but not the principal.

And wouldn't that be to relinquish the Sixth Attainment?

Breitbart's hope is to relinquish constant oversight of his sites.

The challenge would be to relinquish as little as possible of the sanctions regime to obtain such an accord.

To waive is to relinquish a claim or right, as in the much used headline "Britannia waives the rules".

Mr. Ahmadinejad, who could not run for a third term, is to relinquish the presidency on Sunday to the cleric Hassan Rouhani.

Ozick used, she says, to be horrifically highbrow, a real bore who thought the only way to achieve Literature was to relinquish all other writing pleasures.