GlaxoSmithKline has a system by which different research institutes operate independently, competing with one another.
Academies are state funded, but privately-run schools which operate independently of their local education authority.
Inspectors general are watchdogs within a federal agency and are supposed to operate independently.
The industry might even establish and fund an organization, which would be left to operate independently.
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Most building systems operate independently, through a mix of vendors, and have different protocols and transport mechanisms.
Would Twitter continue to operate independently, or would Facebook gobble it up altogether?
Lord McNally, Liberal Democrat Justice Minister, said the courts must operate independently and warned "it's dangerous when politicians try to do the sentencing".
Even those commands that profess loyalty to the leadership, which is based in the Netherlands, often appear to operate independently.
And while the various groups supporting Obama's agenda operate independently, the overlap in tactics, messaging and staff is tough to miss.
Talisman Energy continues to operate independently in North America and South-East Asia.
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Just one or two battalions of Iraqi troops have been trained and equipped well enough to operate independently of the American-led coalition.
Unlike controlling the House or Senate, having a majority of governorships has little practical effect, because governors operate independently of each other.
In three critical markets, Thailand, Malaysia and China, AIA has special rights to operate independently, free from laws requiring local joint-venture partners.
The cars, sometimes known as autonomous vehicles, use technologies such as radar, global positioning and computer vision to operate independently of human input.
Woot says Amazon will let the site continue to operate independently, similarly to how it lets Zappos and Audible run themselves.
GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ) has a system by which different research institutes operate independently, competing with one another.
Epic Games will continue to operate independently, according to the deal.
They can operate independently or be combined into an ARM big.
The hovercraft, versatile, fast, able to operate independently of harbours, was in demand throughout the world after the prototype first crossed the English Channel successfully in 1959.
The Advisory and Finance Committee has said if it does buy the air company, it wants Aurigny to be owned by the States but continue to operate independently.
And he stressed the importance of being able to operate independently of the French because "there will be occasions when we have different goals and aims in international relations".
He also is a widely admired innovator and at times liked to operate independently, sometimes preferring to hold meetings away from Google headquarters, say several people who have met with him.
"I have had concerns for some time at the way that NHS Direct Wales appears to operate independently of the rest of the health service and this report reinforces my views, " he said.
Sometimes, these private initiatives will work in cooperation with the government organizations that funded and conducted space travel in the first three eras, and sometimes they will operate independently of government involvement and support.
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They operate independently but collaborate with other gatekeepers.
This system is simple, easy to implement with our modern technology, and can operate independently of the current complicated sales tax systems that small and big business have to deal with on a daily basis.
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And then, again, our ability to then with a single aircraft be able to range the world and operate independently of runways is just something that is going to bring us capabilities that we don't have today.
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The two businesses will operate independently.
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The two big mergers in Europe -- between Air France and KLM, and British Airways and Iberia -- had been accomplished through the creation of holding companies, allowing the respective airlines to operate independently and remain nationally-owned, he said.
The paper notes that there would ultimately be a written constitution in an independent Scotland but that a constitutional platform, covering such matters as finance, the law and international agreements, would be needed in the interim to enable Holyrood to operate independently.
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