8 sentences with 'retained'
Example sentences and phrases with the word retained and other words derived from it.
• « In ancient Rome women retained ownership of their dowries in marriage, could initiate divorce, and controlled their own inheritances. »
• « Legally, women in the Middle Ages could inherit and own property independently, and in most cases retained control of the dowry brought into the marriage. »
• « Although conservative regimes eventually retained power, the very definition of conservatism and the methods conservatives used were altered by the revolutions. »
• « Women almost always married younger than men, which meant that there were a large number of widows in medieval society who generally retained control of their property. »
• « The Japanese state was organised along very authoritarian lines, with the symbolic importance of the emperor retained, but practical power held by the cabinet and the heads of the armed forces. »
• « Copernicus retained the idea of the crystal spheres, and also used Ptolemy's calculations in his own work, but his was nevertheless the first work to propose the concept of a heliocentric universe. »
• « Its king, Vittorio Emanuele II, was of the former royal house of Savoy, and the kingdom retained independence after the Napoleonic period because it served as a useful buffer state between the French and Austrian spheres of influence. »
• « The aftermath of this (semi-)revolution saw the Tsar still in power and several newly formed political parties elected to the Duma (Russian representative assembly). However, it soon became clear that the Duma was not to serve as a counterweight to tsarist power. The Tsar retained control over foreign policy and military affairs. »
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