Which preposition to use with independence

of Occurrences 977%

The little connexion there is in mountainous countries between the inhabitants of the different valleys, and the absolute independence of each jurisdiction in this district, which still lessens the frequency of their intercourse, also accounts, in a great measure, for the variety of secondary dialects subsisting in almost every different community or even village.

in Occurrences 103%

Complete independence in local affairs, when combined with adequate representation in the federal council, has effected such an intense cohesion of interests throughout the nation as no centralized government, however cunningly devised, could ever have secured.

by Occurrences 40%

If you let Adam know you are managing him even for his own good, he will show his independence by going back to his old tricksjust as you would do if in his place.

as Occurrences 24%

Moreover, each one of the flock, while following the guidance of the most experienced, yet climbed with intelligent independence as a perfect individual, capable of separate existence whenever it should wish or be compelled to withdraw from the little clan.

to Occurrences 23%

We halted on a broad ledge of rock by the western verge of the bay of the Falls, glad of an opportunity of enjoying my independence to the last, unfettered by the conventionalities for which I was beginning to be imbued with a savage contempt.

for Occurrences 20%

Mary had felt this when she rushed out, not knowing how to tell the vicar's wife that she must leave her, and find some independence for herself.

under Occurrences 19%

It is in Germany that the disruptive tendency most distinctly takes the political form; Saxony and Bavaria assert their national independence under Swabian and Saxon dukes who have identified the interests of their subjects with their own.

against Occurrences 17%

The narrative of one of these great crises, of the epoch A.D. 9, when Germany took up arms for her independence against Roman invasion, has for us this special attractionthat it forms part of our own national history.

from Occurrences 17%

It was probably the example of the French barons which first emboldened the English to require greater independence from their sovereign: it is also probable, that the boroughs and corporations of England were established in imitation of those of France.

with Occurrences 15%

With the same spirit of independence with which he wished to live, it was now his pride to write.

at Occurrences 14%

He had flung down the gauntlet of his independence at last, and with clenched hands he waited for the answer to his challenge.

on Occurrences 14%

The rulers of Boston were extremely indignant at this act of independence on the part of the Salemers; and they addressed to them a remonstrance, desiring them to take no such steps without the concurrence of the government of the state of Massachusetts.

than Occurrences 8%

But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist for them.

within Occurrences 7%

They were jealous of the royal power and eager for military and judicial independence within their own manors.

without Occurrences 6%

It is safe to prophesy that, if Palestine is given independence without protectorate, in three years from the end of the war it will be under not only a protectorate, but a despotism as complete as ever ruled either Turkey or Prussia.

among Occurrences 4%

So, too, in his foreign policy, which was conservative and prudent, and free from entangling alliances, at a time when the struggle for independence among the South American republics presented an occasion for interference, and when the debates on the Panama missiona proposed council of South and Central American republics at Panama, to which the United States were invited to send representativeswere embarrassing to the Executive.

out Occurrences 3%

The person of Christ constitutes the content of Christianity, who, in his incarnation and sacrificial death, yields up the independence out of God which had come to him through the fall of man.

until Occurrences 2%

" He has further testified that he never as much as heard of independence until the appearance of Aguinaldo's proclamation of June 15, 1898:

up Occurrences 2%

NÜREMBERG (143), an interesting old Bavarian town on the Pegnitz, 95 m. N. of Münich, is full of quaint and picturesque mediæval architecture in fine preservation; has valuable art collections, a fine library, and a museum; is noted for the production of watches, toys, wood, metal, bone carvings, beer, and chemicals, and exports large quantities of hops; was made a free imperial city in 1219, and retained independence up to 1806.

after Occurrences 2%

E. This prince, whose real name was probably Abu Said, was the emir of the Kara-koyunla dynasty, or black sheep tribe of the Turkmans, who had risen to independence after the death of Timor, and who had long contended with the prince of the white sheep tribe for ascendancy.

during Occurrences 2%

In two days from that time, Captain Spinnet delivered his cargo safely in Havana, gave the pirates into the hands of the civil authorities, and delivered the clipper up to the government, in return for which, he received a sum of money sufficient for an independence during the remainder of his life, as well as a very handsome medal from the government.

before Occurrences 1%

For use in schools she made a color print, "Reading of the Declaration of Independence before the Army.

versus Occurrences 1%

Thus France, under a poor mad king and amidst civil dissensions of the most obstinate character, found the question renewed for her of French versus English king-ship and national independence versus foreign conquest.

about Occurrences 1%

A part of the great feminine secret is the concealment of that independence about which there has been so much talk in our time.

over Occurrences 1%

A body of peasants had gained independence over the strongest nation on earth.

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