Independent
independent (adjective) - separate, not connected, influenced, or affected by others
fiercely independent
entirely independent
virtually independent
completely independent of his parents
economically independent
financially independent
an independent regulator for the industry
carefully regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority
a strongly independent spirit
politically independent
newly independent countries
the country was declared independent
a worldwide human rights movement which is independent of any government
an independent film producer
an independent organisation
pursued an independent line in its policies
truly independent of the service which they inspect
the independent judgment of a police officer
independent types versus gregarious types of people
independent examination and auditing of accounts
independent software vendors
an independent auditor
independent contractors
quite misleading to concentrate attention exclusively upon the nationalism of the newly independent countries
an independent translator
all her mother's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic, independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid
an independent producer of TV shows
less stress needs to be paid to problems of implementation (availability of storage, for example) and more to problems independent of implementation
remaining an independent financial unit serving the needs of the local community
have not existed independently
technology was developed independently by the firm
Example sentences:
* The truly self-employed works quite independently, without involving himself/herself in any form of wage work.
* They have not existed independently of formal industry, but have drawn skills and materials from it.
* This is a discretionary trust fund which was set up to give financial help to people who need to pay for personal care or domestic assistance in order to remain living independently in their own homes.
* ITV was paid for by advertisements, carefully regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority.
* Characteristics such as a strongly independent spirit, a generosity of personality, and an appreciative warmth are assets.
* The ccountry has pursued an independent line in all its economic policies.
* In the early 1920s, when the industry was increasingly the preserve of the studios, Goldwyn found himself an outsider, an independent producer in competition with the majors.
* This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious, some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years.
* Please make provision for keeping accounting records and the submission of annual reports accompanied by statements of account by charity trustees, together with provisions requiring independent examination or auditing of accounts.
* We will act to ensure that the inspectorates of police, fire, probation, and social services, together with any new inspectorates that are established, will be truly independent of the service which they inspect.
* As computer systems become more powerful, less stress needs to be paid to problems of implementation (availability of storage, for example) and more to problems independent of implementation.
* The affair thus highlights the unreality of the common-law rule which continues to concentrate on the independent judgment of a police officer who is in fact simply obeying instructions which are issued as part of a general policy not necessarily susceptible of being influenced by the specific facts of particular cases.
* AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is a worldwide human rights movement which is independent of any government, political faction, ideology, economic interest or religious creed.
* To get independent software vendors interested in its technology, Tivoli first had to get a system management framework and basic services established for applications to reside on.
* In the 1950s, the civil war with the Communists had made the newly independent government nervous about its future defence and security.
* We assume that the store is randomly accessible; that is, the time taken to access a store location in order to store or retrieve information is constant and (in particular) is independent of the particular location being accessed and of the location previously accessed.
independent inspections
* But within a few days, all her mother's youth and vigour were gone and the energetic, independent woman whose health and dependability she had taken for granted for so long had turned into a helpless invalid, unable to hold down the thinnest gruel, unable to sleep more than a few minutes at a time, unable even to answer the calls of nature on her own, so that she had to be lifted like a child onto the pot and lifted back into the jumble of stinking bedclothes.
* In this respect, indeed, there is no difference at all between old and new nations, and it would be quite misleading to concentrate attention exclusively upon the nationalism of the newly independent countries.
* There was a real feeling that this was the key to development, this was the great crusade that was going to spirit newly independent Third World countries towards their prosperous destiny.
* The Warner report will not become involved in the issue of independent inspections.
* On July 31 the High Court fined Channel Four and Box Productions (an independent programme maker) $75,000 for refusing to name a source in a controversial television documentary on Northern Ireland broadcast in October 1991.
* Education remains important, independent of class.
* A concentration may occur in one of two ways: first, two or more parties that were previously independent may merge so as to become one new independent business or secondly, one or more persons who already control one business may acquire direct or indirect control of another business.
* Winstone's Ice Cream, an independent manufacturer and distributor from Rodbororugh Common, is a Mars agent.
* The society's strong financial base will ensure that we are well able to maintain our key objective of remaining an independent financial unit serving the needs of the local community we know so well.
* They're independent.
* The technique was developed independently by Jeffrey Bokor, P. H. Bucksbaum, and R. R. Freeman at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey.
