| But if it tries the moviegoer's patience, the film never cedes its fascination. |
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| Once darkness falls, the army cedes huge areas of the shanty towns to local gangs and mobsters. |
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| When Clare joins the revolutionaries, she cedes her grandmother's land to the group, thus relinquishing part of the basis of her privilege. |
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| But we need to be aware of what our own language and discourse adds to the debate, and what it cedes. |
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| No government cedes its power willingly, so it is likely that Canberra's interference, however purportedly reform-minded the agenda, will continue. |
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| Therefore, Toys 'R' Us will no longer determine the course of the business but cedes its influence to Blokker. |
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| By now the Customer cedes to us all amounts due from resale of the reserved goods up to the amount of our claim. |
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| In the one with Colombia, the Conservative government cedes to multinationals the right to determine the public interest. |
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| In the early 1700s, sieur Hazeur cedes the seigniory to his progeniture, Michel Sarrazin, member of the colony's Upper Council. |
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| He cedes to us already now all claims to the amount of the invoice that may accrue from the sale against a third party. |
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| It examines the creditworthiness of the companies to which it cedes a portion of the risks. |
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| It seems quite obvious that the Commission cedes a great deal of its already limited role in CFSP to the Council and the Member Sates and that it is the intergovernmental approach that has prevailed. |
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| By ignoring it, however, he cedes the narrative to the Republicans. |
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| That cedes the field to Gulf Arab backers who are less choosey about the recipients of lethal aid. |
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| He cedes any claims arising from the insurance policies to us in advance. |
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| If you believe in Me, you must trust that my strength is infinitely greater than that of the sins of men, and so when sin cedes before the light of truth and justice, man and his life, will have to change. |
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| Every six month and at the time of every update made on the initial contribution, the Casablanca Stock Exchange cedes back to every brokerage firm the investment income due to it. |
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| This sharp increase is largely due to the Company's long-term policy over the last few years to gradually reduce the proportion of business it cedes to reinsurance companies. |
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| Anita Müller, director of the Centre for Peacebuilding for the past seven years, cedes her position in order to take on new responsibilities in the swisspeace directorate. |
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| Then, noisy Nick cedes to nice Nick, embracing his audience-member stooge on a blow-up bed, singing sweetly about childhood innocence that's gone for good. |
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| Not all of the Commissioners have realised, however, that when this House delegates and cedes the power to make laws, we can, of course, do so only on certain conditions and in conjunction with a right of recall. |
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| A country until recently embroiled in internal violence is hopefully on the verge of demonstrating how one democratically-elected Government cedes place to another. |
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| Any system that cedes those rights will lead to anarchy. |
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| The company cedes only a small portion of its exposure to reinsurers. |
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| But its target's shares are already expensive and Mr Mallya probably has other ideas after all, if he cedes control of both the airline and the spirits businesses he will become an Indian business D-lister. |
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