HARMAN: I'm talking about semi-independent regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2006] Reference

Constitution, and to build on its ruins four semi-independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference

It was no better for the serfs who liked being semi-independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord Conrads Crusade]

The dynasty ruled Egypt and Syria as semi-independent governors.    From Wordnik.com.  [868-905] Reference

She figured Franklin would have a semi-independent point of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Shot]

Throughout the movie, there are three semi-independent storylines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Checks and Balances in the Age of Lions and Lambs] Reference

A possible compromise: a semi-independent antiterrorist unit inside the FBI.    From Wordnik.com.  [A NEW WINDOW ON THE WAR ROOM] Reference

I challenge them to prove to the world that they are at least semi-independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saudi Arabia and its Apologists] Reference

Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Corker And Alexander Place Hold On Aviation Funding Bill To Prevent FedEx Drivers From Unionizing] Reference

There are fears it will seriously disrupt voting in Natal, which includes semi-independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He may have controlled the city of Wroxeter as well, or it may have been semi-independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cynddylan] Reference

General to command it and create a semi-independent government for its local administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

"Many want to stay married until the children are independent or semi-independent," Haub says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Census: 76% marry just once; new count for same-sex couples] Reference

For it must be remembered that here is no analogy to a federation of semi-independent provinces as in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference

The semi-independent rear suspension made jiggling down even the roughest cobblestone streets comfortable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip Sheet] Reference

And, with this sort of "semi-independent" living, he didn't have to care about the lack of fire insurance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

Peshawur, a firm of gun-makers in Belgium, and an important, semi-independent Mohammedan ruler to the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kim] Reference

The semi-independent kingdoms characteristic of the Parthian era gave way to a unified state administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [F. The Neo-Persian Empire of the Sassanians, 223-651 C.E] Reference

Rome was suzerain over the various semi-independent nations which made up the checkerboard of peninsular Italy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

Ed Kosner's semi-independent Sunday Daily News is getting its own gossip columnist to cover more upscale scoop.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York's Deborah Mitchell Jumps to Ed Kosner's Sunday Daily News] Reference

Since then, the nation has splintered into semi-independent regions fought over by warring clans, sub clans and militias.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: Pirates of Somalia] Reference

America was slowly becoming a loose-knit chain of semi-independent feudalities, and there was nothing you could do about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Don’t Understand ?] Reference

Connecting its “semi-independent levels” of leisure and production are walkways and bridges for vehicles and pedestrians.    From Wordnik.com.  [AAgrotecture 4: Gastronomic Garden] Reference

As a model for a tripartite federation of secure, semi-independent regions, Bosnia offered few actionable lessons for us in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biden Wanted to Break Up Iraq] Reference

TREVI, Club of Berne, Kilowatt Group or PWGOT, or ideally a UN CT organization or independent or semi-independent institution e.g.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bye Bye Lord Falconer] Reference

The halcyon period is generally made to coincide with that of "Grattan's Parliament" -- of the semi-independent and quite unworkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union] Reference

It is semi-independent of Dorset, being governed by a Reeve, who is appointed by male and female crown tenants from among themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference

Last night, I noticed that Spirited Away was playing at a semi-independent movie house on the Danforth, so I hopped the subway there.    From Wordnik.com.  [sirilyan Diary Entry] Reference

Police also raided a U. S.-backed NGO that trains journalists and news management at Ren TV, the last semi-independent television station.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beating Down Democracy] Reference

The Hall of Fame, a semi-independent corporate entity, shortly ruled that players on baseball's ineligible list could not be inducted into the hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hustling For The Hall] Reference

For years the agency has run semi-independent operations in Afghanistan and Kashmir, and has also helped to form and topple civilian governments in Pakistan.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MISSING WEEK] Reference

The rewards can be great, sure, but keeping these semi-independent creatures amused, engaged and happy on a vacation can be just as challenging as dealing with little kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insta Q&A: Spring Sailing With Teens] Reference

In fact, they are network groups of semi-independent modules of various kinds of groups that have ties involving training and financing and similar ideology, things like this.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2003] Reference

Empire under its semi-independent Princes and Electors, all intent on their own advancement, was a constant menace to the peaceful development of the Bohemian and Moravian people.    From Wordnik.com.  [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference