Sentence examples for when it relinquished from inspiring English sources

The image of Texas was that of a raw and lawless frontier when it relinquished its independence to become a state.

The Luttrell family held onto the estate until the seventeenth century when it was relinquished to Dudley Loftus and then passed to William Conolly.

The military has not said when it will relinquish power.

When I relinquished in 1976, I did not request a guarantee of confidentiality.

The world has seen tyrants more evil than Zaire's ruler Mobutu Sese Seko, even among Africa's legion of Big Men who snatched power and held it when Europe relinquished its colonial chokehold on the continent.

Israel has a point when it argues that relinquishing the West Bank would raise real security concerns.

De La Hoya was awarded the title again when Felix Trinidad relinquished it after beating David Reid for the super welterweight championship.

These women's stories suggest that they are happy to own the responsibility for their pregnancies up to a certain point, but they also identify a time when it is time to relinquish control and return the responsibility for childbirth back to 'the professional'.

Clay was elected to the Board in January 1953, was elected Vice President of the Board in 1961, and took over the presidency in 1965, when his father relinquished it a few months before his death.

Nevertheless, Obasanjo eventually honoured the terms of the ruling in 2006 when Nigeria relinquished its claim to the peninsula and withdrew its forces.

The area was leased to the British in perpetuity in 1900; intermittent disputes over the area were not finally resolved until 1960, when China relinquished its claim.