7 sentences with 'respective'
Example sentences and phrases with the word respective and other words derived from it.
• « It didn't take long for them to combine their respective skills to convince people to rent what they were offering from the real estate company. The employee had an extensive knowledge of New York real estate, and his boss, an intuitive understanding of customers' needs. »
• « In the course of the centuries that followed Assyria, Persia, the Greeks and the Romans would, one after the other, add Egypt to their respective empires. »
• « Open war finally broke out between the two cities in 431 BC after two of their respective allied polis initiated a conflict and Athens tried to influence the political decisions of the Spartan allies. The war lasted from 431 to 404 BC. »
• « This system would continue throughout the rest of the Republican and Imperial periods of Roman history, with governors exercising enormous power and influence in their respective provinces. »
• « The lesser emperors were the respective heirs of the greater emperors, destined to assume all power when their elders stepped down. When that happened, each new senior emperor selected the younger ones. »
• « The bishops of the major cities, usually the imperial capitals of their respective provinces, came to be called archbishops. »
• « The initial spread of Islam was due to a huge and unprecedented military campaign, but after that campaign ended the resulting empires and kingdoms entered into a more familiar economic and diplomatic relationship with their respective neighbours. »