The power of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the state.

There, he would be so far removed from Omdurman that he could establish virtual autonomy while paying lip service to Abdullahi.

They revolted against the Ottomans on several occasions, and maintained virtual autonomy in their mountains.

In return, Alvarado gave Meier virtual autonomy over curriculum and hiring decisions.

Moreover, he was uninterested in day-to-day decision making, instead outsourcing authority to the deans of the individual schools, who operated with virtual autonomy.

He respected the virtual autonomy of the armed forces and he did all he could to keep on the good side of Washington.

With allowances provided by Allstate, agents could rent offices, advertise and build their own customer bases with virtual autonomy.

Before India's independence in 1947, Kashmir was a princely state that enjoyed virtual autonomy from the rest of the subcontinent.

This is not to deny some level of autonomy to the latter, but to reject assertions of its virtual total autonomy.

Each department has a head, and as peers in management, the department heads work together, yet with virtual autonomy.