Although they were to remain relatively autonomous until Ottoman times, such tribes were the exception rather than the rule.

The aqueduct used gravity to carry the water, so it was relatively autonomous and cost-efficient.

The company has decentralized its operations into relatively autonomous units, each with its own chief executive.

Higher education is relatively autonomous from the state but at the same time it is not isolated from the power structures and values of society.

Until 1798, the municipality enjoyed a relatively autonomous administration under a local bailiff.

Organizationally, it is a relatively autonomous unit within the national public radio service, Slovenský rozhlas.

The field of artistic production is, like other fields, relatively autonomous from the social field.

The Kurds, the critical third element in the country's population, have been relatively autonomous for more than a decade.

In some cultures, for example, the political may be largely determined by the economic, whereas in capitalist societies it is relatively autonomous.

In a pivotal change in 1961, the relatively autonomous colleges were unified under a single chancellor.