He knew that it would be futile to try to raise the money from the local California offices of the major Japanese companies, because they lacked autonomy from Tokyo.

The government found that schools lacked the flexibility and autonomy to provide education according to the needs of the society.

The system is cumbersome and lacks autonomy at higher decision levels, but it is extraordinarily powerful, something we tend to overlook down here.

Instead a municipal department to monitor concession contracts was created, but it lacked autonomy from the municipal government.

A Marxist theory of art would probably conclude that the chef cannot be an artist, lacking autonomy and beholden to the customer, Mr. Creosote, in all regards.

The down side of this trend, Ms. O'Reilly said, is that temps typically lack autonomy and authority on the job.

However, during much of the 20th century, the Court and, in general, the Argentine judicial system, has lacked autonomy from the executive power.

There is the view that the party leadership in parliament should lack autonomy and should be held accountable to the party rank and file outside of parliament.

The German Democratic Republic was therefore merely German territory occupied by a Soviet puppet regime, thus lacking autonomy.

In Australia, the term University College was used to refer to educational institutions that were like universities, but lacked full autonomy.